New York Style Cheesecake

This elegant and rich cheesecake offers delicate lemon and vanilla hints along with a rich and creamy filling.

Prep Time:20

Cook Time:1

Total Time:1 20

Servings: slices

Preheat the oven to 300°F. Mix graham crackers, butter, and sugar in a bowl.
Prepare a springform pan, spray with cooking spray. Press cracker mix into the bottom of the pan and spread.
Beat cream cheese in a bowl until fluffy. Slowly add condensed milk and beat until smooth.
Add eggs, flour, vanilla extract, and lemon zest, mix well to combine. Pour into the pan over crackers.
Bake for one hour. Let cool completely and serve.

Not all cream cheese is alike. Use full-fat for best results, and mix it only at room temperature.
If you’re making it ahead and concerned about the foil or plastic wrap sticking to your perfectly smooth cheesecake top, use a few toothpicks around the outside of the cheesecake to keep the foil off the filling.
No springform pan? No problem. Cover a regular pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper, letting it hang over the edges, so you can lift the finished cheesecake out that way.
Take care not to over-mix the filling mixture or else you risk getting too much air into the filling mixture and this can result in a cracked top.