Simply Delicious New York-style Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 5 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1 lemon, zest of, only
• 1 orange, zest of, only
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 5 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped from inside
• 1 teaspoon bourbon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter & 2 tbsp sugar, mixing well.
• 3 press onto bottom of a 10 inch springform pan, pressing up sides slightly.
• 4 bake in preheated oven about 8-10 minutes.
• 5 set aside to cool.
• 6 in large mixing bowl using an electric mixer combine cream cheese, 1 3/4 cup sugar, zests and vanilla extract beating until light and creamy.
• 7 add the flour, eggs, yolks, sour cream, vanilla bean seeds and bourbon and mix just until smooth.
• 8 pour mixture into the prepared springform pan.
• 9 wrap the pan with heavy duty foil and place in a roasting pan.
• 10 fill the roasting pan with enough hot water to come half way up the sides of the pan.
• 11 bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• 12 remove from oven and remove from water bath.
• 13 remove foil and place on counter until it comes to room temperature.
• 14 place in refrigerator overnight or at least 6 hours.