Finally, CheeseCake!

Everyone in the family loves cheesecake. Hands down. (I'd like to think my Z got it because when I was preggy with her, I craved and indulged on Oh George! New York cheesecake.)

So, anyway, one fine grocery day, there was a good promo for cream cheese. Fast-forward to Christmas season, an even finer day it was - we finally got to bake our 1st homemade cheesecake!

Steps:
Preheat oven at 350F (or 175C).

🥮 Prepare crust:
3 cups (~18 pcs) graham crackers, crushed well
3 tbsp melted butter

Pour into mold and press to form crust, start at the center press outward/upward in the edges.

🥮Prepare filling:

🧀 Whisk together:
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup sour cream
(alternative: 1 cup nestle cream + 1 tbsp vinegar, mix well. Leave covered at room temperature at most 24hours. Did mine for 3 hours only and turned out just fine.)
1 tbsp vanilla

🧀 Fold with spatula:
4 packs cream cheese (8 oz = ~226.79 grams each)
1 + 1.2 cup white sugar

🧀 Add and whisk together:
2/3 cup milk
4 eggs
2 tsp lemon zest
2 tsp orange zest

🧀 Bake for 1 hour at 350F (or 175C).
Let cool 3-4 hours in the oven (or room temperature).

Here's our 1st take, a quick snap for my precious sis birthday, before we gobbled it all up.

Our 2nd take with an Oreo twist 🍪

Inspired by: Chef John's cheesecake (FoodWishes)

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