Desserts

Lemon Cheesecake

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When a buttery graham cracker crust is the base, cheesecake has a lot to live up to. Lucky for lemon, it’s up to the task. Juice and zest give the creamy filling perky flav...read more

time

prep:

20 min

total:

6 hr

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

cups HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs

1-1/4

cups sugar, divided

Tbsp. butter, melted

pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

Zest and juice from 1 lemon

eggs

Make It

HEAT oven to 325°F.

MIX crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and butter. Reserve 1/4 cup crumb mixture; press remaining onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan.

BEAT cream cheese and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream, zest and juice; mix well. Add egg whites, 1 at a time, mixing on low after each just until blended. Pour over crust; top with reserved crumb mixture.

BAKE 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Healthy Living

Save 60 calories and 7g of fat per serving by preparing with PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, BREAKSTONE'S Reduced Fat or KNUDSEN Light Sour Cream, and egg whites instead of whole eggs.

Shortcut

For easy cleanup, line pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan. Use foil handles to remove cheesecake from pan before cutting to serve.

How to Help to Prevent Cheesecake from Cracking

Run knife around sides of pan when cake is removed from the oven. This allows the sides and top to settle evenly.

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lross43

posted:11/10/2012

It is a very pleasant cheesecake, and the large size makes it great for a gathering. As others have written, we prefer more lemon flavor, so I did add the zest and just of an extra lemon. The prep time was quite a bit longer than 20 minutes. Thank you for this site! Any tips on keeping prep time to 20 minutes will be appreciated.

sharon1636

posted:6/22/2010

This cheesecake was a party in your mouth.I made it for Fathers day and the Dads couldn't get enough-will definitely make this again and again!

brooke_hc

posted:4/25/2010

This was a big hit at the picnic I took it to...nice to have a good real chesecake in 13 x 9 size to serve more.

Mocha10v

posted:4/11/2010

This came out delicious, but did not taste too much of the lemon, next time i'll add more lemon and little bit more sugar.

mrslunceford

posted:3/12/2010

This was great! My husband & I absolutely loved it, and we ALMOST ate all of it ha ha. We got to the very last which was like 2 pieces and couldn't eat it ha ha! but we love it!

mel_0983

posted:7/12/2009

I made this recipe just this past weekend for Fourth of July. My dad simply loved it! Now my family can't wait for me to be in charge of dessert again at the next get together. I made it just how the recipe called but next time I think I will add the juice of one more lemon for some more flavor.

JerseyGirl1

posted:4/15/2009

I made this for Easter Lunch and I only had 4 pieces left! Everyone wanted the recipe - will make again! I left out the lemon peel - because I didn't want a strong lemon flavor - but if you want a stronger flavor put it in! Awesome recipe Kraft Foods!

a2tfruty