# NY Vanilla Cheesecake

A classic New York-style vanilla cheesecake that is rich, creamy, and perfectly dense, topped with a vibrant strawberry sauce that balances sweet and tart.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 oz crumbled graham crackers
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
- 5 Tbsp melted butter
- 3 Tbsp dark brown sugar
- 1140 g room temp cream cheese
- 0.125 tsp salt
- 300 g sugar
- 70 g sour cream
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 3 vanilla beans
- 2 yolks
- 6 whole eggs
- 1 cup Strawberries
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 1 squeeze lemon juice

## Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. Pour melted butter and brown sugar into a bowl with graham cracker crumbs.
3. Mix the crumbs and melted butter well.
4. Butter a 9” springform pan with 1 tablespoon of melted butter.
5. Press the crumb mixture into the pan.
6. Bake the crust for 12 minutes.
7. Separate egg whites from yolks.
8. Split vanilla beans and scrape out the seeds.
9. Add cream cheese to a mixing bowl.
10. Beat the cream cheese until smooth.
11. Add salt and sugar to the cream cheese mixture and beat until fluffy.
12. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.
13. Add sour cream, vanilla bean seeds, and lemon juice to the mixture.
14. Beat until mixed.
15. Add egg yolks to the mixture.
16. Beat well, then add half of the whole eggs and beat.
17. Repeat with the remaining whole eggs until fully incorporated.
18. Butter the springform pan lightly again.
19. Pour the cheesecake mixture over the baked crust in the pan.
20. Smooth the top with a spatula.
21. Raise oven temp to 500°F and bake for 10 minutes, then drop heat to 200°F and bake for 90 more minutes until internal temp reaches 150°F.
22. Wash strawberries.
23. Remove the tops of the strawberries.
24. Chop the strawberries into smaller pieces.
25. Place chopped strawberries in a pan.
26. Add sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice to the strawberries.
27. Stir the mixture in the pan.
28. Cook the strawberries over heat until they break down and form a sauce.
29. Strain the strawberry sauce.
30. Separate some of the strawberry pieces to save for ice cream.
31. Let the cheesecake cool before removing it from the pan.

## Equipment

- 9" springform pan
- mixing bowl
- hand mixer
- spatula
- knife
- strainer
- saucepan

## Tips

- Let cool before removing from pan

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-10-03

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