Country Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 1 34 cups flour ⓘ
- 12 cup powdered sugar ⓘ
- 34 teaspoon baking powder ⓘ
- 14 teaspoon salt ⓘ
- 14 cup butter or 14 cup margarine ⓘ
- 3 egg yolks (reserving 1 egg white for filling) ⓘ
- 3 tablespoons sour cream ⓘ
- 4 eggs ⓘ
- 1 egg white ⓘ
- 34 cup sugar ⓘ
- 1 12 lbs ricotta cheese ⓘ
- 12 cup sour cream ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons grated orange peel or 2 tablespoons lemon peel ⓘ
Instructions
- For dough, combine sifted flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- With pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until coarse and crumbly.
- Beat egg yolks into sour cream then stir into flour mixture.
- Knead in the bowl until dough is well mixed and holds its shape.
- Refrigerate dough until easy to roll out, about 1 hour.
- On a floured surface, roll out to a 15 x 11 rectange to fit into a 13x9x2 pan.
- Fit dough into the pan so it comes about 2/3 of the way of the sides.
- For the filling: beat eggs and egg white at high speed with an electric mixer until thick.
- Gradually add sugar, beating at high speed until stiff, not dry peaks form.
- Press ricotta through a sieve and then fold into beaten egg mixture.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly but gently.
- Turn filling into dough lined pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees until set, about 40 minutes.
- Cool completely before cutting in squares.
- Can be eaten plain or topping with your favorite cheesecake topping.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
962
kcal
48% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).