Key Lime Cheesecake
(If you don’t have Key Limes, then it is just lime cheesecake)
Heat oven to 325°F / 180°C.
4 (8 oz packages of cream cheese)
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
4 Tablespoons lime juice
2 cups graham cracker crumbs / digestive cracker crumbs
1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Grease a cheesecake pan (the sides open and separates from the bottom) using BUTTER. Be generous. (Real butter just tastes better)
Crush the digestive biscuits/graham crackers, chop the nuts and add to the crumbs, add cinnamon, mix in the melted butter. When mixed together, press on bottom and up sides of the cheesecake pan. The crumbs won’t cover everything, that’s ok.
Cream together the cream cheese and sugar. Add one egg at a time, until just mixed. Add lime juice. Stir in. Pour the cream cheese/egg/lime juice mixture into crumb crust and place in oven.
Cook for one hour. Check – does the center look fairly firm to you? If not, put it in for another 10 minutes at a time (meaning keep checking and putting back for 10 minutes until the top center looks fairly firm.)
You are cooking at a very low temperature so the top won’t crack.
Cheesecake secret: when you think the center is firm enough, turn off the oven, leave the cheesecake inside to cool. It will cool gradually, and the top won’t crack. When cool, cover loosely with foil and place in refrigerator overnight. (The flavor mellows overnight.)
You can serve as is, or cover top with a layer of sour cream, or a layer of fruit.
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I LOVE key lime cheesecake… specially when I make it myself.
How does your recipe differ, Ray? I am always looking for the BEST and maybe yours is better!
tonight’s pecan crust cheesecake was just as good!! yum yum yum thank you for making it!
Sounds yummy. Nice to have a photo too 🙂
request for the pecan pie recipe + possibly a mexican dish? i need easy to make recipes for when im off alone…mrmf disastrousf in kitchenf 😦
Thank you Little Diamond – and . . . it is EASY! 🙂
Jewaira – You know, it isn’t that pretty – I am better at the cooking than the presentation, but I will work on it – just for you!
Mrm – For you, dear, anything. Click on the blue type; it is the last recipe: Pecan Pie Recipe.
Everything recipe I print is relatively easy, because I usually have a lot going on in my life. I published a small cookbook for my family members with all my favorite “old friends” i.e. recipes I use over and over because they are so reliable and so easy. If you click on Recipes in the Categories, you will find a bunch of easy-to-prepare things.
I will think about some Mexican recipes – most require store-bought items like taco shells or burrito wrappers, which can’t always be found in Kuwait.
never tried it!! looks like yummy yumm
Oh Amu, you cook, too? Some woman is going to be so lucky to snatch you up!
This is a great recipe. You can also do the same thing with lemon juice, too, if you want a nice citrus lemon flavor.
We’re going to be adding one that is a lemon cheesecake with a biscotti crust.
Great website for cheesecake lovers, Cheesecake! I’ll have to try the biscotti crust; sounds good! (mine is better!)