Myra's Cheesecake

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MYRA'S NEW YORK-STYLE CHEESECAKE

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Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :1:15
Categories : 5-10G Low Carb Dessert Cheesecake Baked
Zold

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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- Crust-
1 1/4 cups almonds -- or cashw.fine grnd.
1 tbsp splenda
3/8 cup butter -- melted
- Topping-
1 lb sour cream -- 500g
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp splenda
Filling:
1 1/2 lb cream cheese -- 750g sofened
1 cup splenda
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

In a bowl, combine the almonds (or cashews), 1 tablespoon sweetener and melted
butter until combined.

Press into bottom of a 9-inch 230mm springform pan. Chill in the refrigerator
at least 15 minutes. In a bowl,

mix the sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 tablespoon sweetener until well
combined. Cover with plastic

wrap and refrigerate. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and 1 cup
sweetener until fluffy. Add the eggs,

one at a time, blending well after each addition. Blend in the remaining 1
teaspoon vanilla.
Pour the cream cheese mixture into the springform pan, and bake at
350°F-180°C for 50 minutes or until a

knife inserted halfway between the edge and centre comes clean. With a spatula,
spread the sour cream

mixture over the top, making sure you reach to the edges of the pan. Return
cake to oven and bake an

additional 5 minutes. Remove cake from oven, allow to cool to room temperature
(cake will settle in the pan).

Slide a knife around the edge of the cake to loosen it, then remove the
springform ring. Keep chilled in the

refrigerator.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 331 Calories; 32g Fat (85.1% calories
from fat); 8g Protein; 5g

Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 118mg Cholesterol; 200mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0
Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat;

0 Non-Fat Milk; 6 Fat.

Beachgirl's Basic Cheesecake
32 ounces cream cheese
1 cup Splenda (may substitute 1 cup of Da Vinci’s Syrup which reduces carb
count to 3 for each serving!)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice
4 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
3 tablespoons sour cream
With an electric mixer, combine the cream cheese and Splenda at slow to medium
speed, scraping sides often. Add all other ingredients except eggs. When
completely mixed (with no lumps), add the eggs and egg yolk, one at a time,
beating very slowly. When eggs are incorporated, do not mix any more.
Over-mixing the eggs is a contributing cause of cracked cheesecakes. (The
leading cause of cracking is over-cooking, so don’t believe any one who tells
you it is normal for a cheesecake to be cracked; it isn’t.) Always treat the
batter gently.

Pour the mixture into the springform pan. Place the pan on a very large piece
of aluminum foil, and fold the foil up around the pan to create a watertight
barrier around the cheesecake. Then place the barrier pan in an even larger pan
and fill the larger pan halfway with water. This is called a water bath. It is
a gentler way to cook the cheesecake.

Place the entire water bath containing the cheesecake in a 300-degree preheated
oven. Cook for 1 hour and reduce heat to 200 degrees for 1 more hour.

Turn oven off and leave cheesecake in until the oven is completely cool. The
cheesecake can even be left overnight at this point. Cracks can also occur when
a cheesecake cools too quickly.

It may be beneficial to run a knife around the edge of the cheesecake,
separating it from the sides of the pan. If your goal is to serve the
cheesecake on a different dish without the bottom of the spring form pan, then
the pan can be lined with parchment paper before the batter is poured in. Make
sure to grease both sides of the paper. This will make for easy removal of the
cheesecake later. It works best if the cheesecake has been refrigerated fully
before trying to remove it from the bottom pan.

Per Serving (based on 12 servings per cheesecake): 308 Calories; 29g Fat; 8g
Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 165mg Cholesterol; 244mg Sodium
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Now if I could get my hands on Ruby Tuesday's LC cheesecake recipe. Nirvana.

Yvonne