Easiest-Ever Cheesecake

Name: Easiest-Ever Cheesecake
Yield: Serves 12 to 16
Ingredients: 6 , whole graham crackers, broken into pieces; 1/3 cup (2 1/3 ounces), sugar; 1/2 cup (2 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 2 pounds, cream cheese; 1 1/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces), sugar; 4 , large eggs; 1/4 cup, heavy cream; 1/4 cup, sour cream; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract

61 comments

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2017

Desserts or Baked Goods

Cheese

Cakes

We created an incredibly smooth and luxurious cheesecake—without using a mixer or a water bath.

SERVES12 to 16

TIME2¼ hours, plus 2⅓ hours cooling, 6 hours chilling, and 30 minutes tempering

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Most people think making the perfect cheesecake is as foolish a folly as trying to find the holy grail, but we were not deterred. We discovered that producing the perfect cheesecake is merely a matter of paying close attention to both the t...

This is a members' feature.