More Recipes Like This

Related Collections

Free Membership

Favorite Products

Print This Recipe

Full Page

3x5 Card

4x6 Card

Email This Recipe

Luscious Lemon Cheesecake

SUBMITTED BY: Kaaren Jurack

"'I'm always greeted with oohs and aahs when I bring out this exquisite dessert,' relates Kaaren Jurack of Virginia Beach, Virginia. 'It has a wonderful lemony flavor, silky texture and rich sour cream topping. The addition of nuts to a traditional graham cracker crust makes it especially delectable.'"

RECIPE RATING:

Read Reviews (13)

Review/Rate This Recipe

PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	1 Hr 15 Min
READY IN	1 Hr 35 Min

SERVINGS

(Help)

Servings
USMETRIC

INGREDIENTS

CRUST:
1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, melted
FILLING:
4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
TOPPING:
2 cups sour cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

In a bowl, combine crumbs, nuts and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom of a greased 10-in. springform pan; set aside. in a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add eggs, beating on low speed just until combined. Add lemon juice, peel and vanilla; beat just until blended. Pour into crust.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 55 minutes or until center is almost set. Remove from the oven; let stand for 5 minutes. Combine topping ingredients; spread over filling. Return to the oven for 5 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of pan. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before slicing.

ADVERTISE WITH US

REVIEWS

Reviewed on Mar. 21, 2007 by JOEYBGOOD

I had a recipe very similar to this one years ago but lost it and was devastated. It was... MORE

Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2007 by porkchop

This cheesecake is great! The only thing that made it a 4 star instead of a 5 star for me was... MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2006 by CHAMPIONT

Fabulous cheesecake and very easy. My daughter (17) made this without my help and it was... MORE

Reviewed on May 5, 2008 by Jill

The texture was very nice, and the baking time was accurate. My only complaint was that my... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 25, 2008 by KERRYLYNN1

This was very good, but mine was real, real creamy to the point of making me wonder if it was... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 15, 2008 by conejo74

50 minutes with water bath still cracked top... but with sour cream topping your guests would... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2008 by Cougarlady

Many thanks for the receipe. After reading the comments I changed my time to 45 minutes and... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2008 by FEEDMENOW

The only reason we rated this a 4 vs. a 5 was due to having to add extra lemon peel and juice... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 3, 2008 by mybabiesmomma

Baking time is WAY off. I cooked 55 minutes and it was about 15min overdone which was very... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 1, 2008 by WAMommyof4

This was my first time making a cheesecake and it was delicious and turned out perfectly! I... MORE

MORE MEMBER REVIEWS