Perfect New York Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb cream cheese, room temp
• 1 lb reduced-fat cream cheese, room temp
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup milk (can use half and half or cream wonderfully too!)
• 4 eggs, room temp
• 1 cup sour cream (daisy full fat is best here)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 3/4 cups graham crackers, crushed
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/3 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix crust ingredients and press into a 9 or 10 in springform pan.
• 2 grease sides of pan with melted butter- this is important!
• 3 preheat oven to 325 with a baking dish of water on the bottom rack (move to lowest position) and move upper rack to second highest position.
• 4 beat cream cheese, adding sugar at medium low speed. scrape sides as needed (if you have a mixer with paddle attachment, use it!) until smooth.
• 5 on low speed add milk until combined.
• 6 add eggs one at a time until combined.
• 7 add lemon, vanilla and sour cream.
• 8 sift in flour and cornstarch, mix just until combined (still on low).
• 9 pour into crust.
• 10 bake on higher rack- don't open oven before one hour ever!
• 11 check on it at 1 hour 5 minutes, if it's set outside but jiggles, not liquid, but definitely shakes) inside, it's done. it usually will need 1 hour 15 minutes at least. the edges should be just turning golden.
• 12 turn off oven leave door closed, no more peeking for at least one hour, preferably 3.
• 13 refrigerate overnight for best taste.