New York Cheesecake (Classic)

Name: New York Cheesecake (Classic)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups graham cracker crumbs; 1/3 cup sugar; 90g melted butter; 900g cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 1/4 cups caster sugar; 3 tbsp plain flour; 1 tsp vanilla extract; zest of 1 lemon; 4 eggs; 2/3 cup sour cream

A tall, dense and creamy New York-style baked cheesecake with a graham cracker base. Turning the oven off and letting the cheesecake cool gradually inside with the door ajar stops the surface cracking from a sudden temperature change.

Total time

105 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

75 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 cupsgraham cracker crumbs

1/3 cupsugar

90gmelted butter

900gcream cheese, at room temperature

1 1/4 cupscaster sugar

3 tbspplain flour

1 tspvanilla extract

zest of 1lemon

4eggs

2/3 cupsour cream

Instructions

Mix crumbs, sugar and butter. Press into a lined 23cm springform tin. Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes.

Beat cream cheese, sugar and flour until smooth. Add vanilla and lemon.

Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in sour cream.

Pour onto base. Bake at 160°C for 1 hour 15 minutes. Turn oven off, door ajar, rest 1 hour.

Refrigerate overnight.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1418

Protein

21.7g

Fat

107.3g

Carbs

96.8g

Fiber

0.6g

Sodium

809mg

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