Friday, April 8, 2011

Cheesecake

Ingredients

  • 7 graham crackers, crushed (or pre-made crust from cost-u-less $1.99)

  • 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (See post for condensed milk sub if not available)
  • 1/4 cup lime juice (or Rose's Sweetened lime juice from cost-u-less in liquor section)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray the bottom of one 9 inch pie pan with no fat cooking spray. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs on the bottom of the pan. (or just use pre-made crust tin from cost-u-less)
  2. In a mixing bowl beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in the condensed milk until smooth. Add lemon juice (or lime juice) mixing well. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
  3. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes or until center is set. Cool and then chill. Keep cake refrigerated. (it takes things too long to cool here so I like to just stick it in the freezer). then move it to the lower fridge if serving the next day.

Add flavors


-to make lime flavored, set aside 2-3tblsp of cheesecake mixture and add up to 1 tablespoon of lime juice. Mix until smooth. frost top of cheesecake before serving.

-to make chocolate swirl, put chocolate chips (from cost-u-less) on top before baking. after 5 min in oven, use a stick/chopstick to swirl the melted chocolate around. follow the rest of the directions. more chips = more chocolatey.

-you can also make chocolate frosting the same way as the lime frosting but just with however many chocolate chips you like depending on preference.

-or you can melt a lot more chocolate chips into the whole mixture on low heat to have a more chocolatey cheesecake.


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