Foolproof New York Cheesecake

Name: Foolproof New York Cheesecake
Yield: Serves 12 to 16
Cuisine: Mid-Atlantic, US & Canada, American
Ingredients: 6 , whole graham crackers, broken into pieces; 1/3 cup packed (2 1/3 ounces; 66 grams), dark brown sugar; 1/2 cup (2 1/2 ounces; 71 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 7 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 2 1/2 pounds (1134 grams), cream cheese, softened; 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces; 298 grams), granulated sugar; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 1/3 cup, sour cream; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 6 , large eggs plus 2 large egg yolks

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2015, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

For the perfect New York slice of cheesecake, we carefully adjusted our oven to achieve a lush texture and a beautiful brown top.

SERVES12 to 16

TIME4½ to 5 hours, plus 9 hours cooling and resting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The classic New York Cheesecake owes its distinctive browned top and velvety texture to a risky baking technique. It spends 10 minutes in a 500-degree oven, after which the oven is turned down to 200 degrees for the remainder of the baking ...

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