Creamy Cheesecake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 3/4 cup vanilla sugar (see my flavored sugars flavored sugar or splenda or lavender sugar with vanilla)
• 4 teaspoons flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs, separated room temperature
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 prepare shortbread cookie crumb crust ( shortbread almond cookie crust ).
• 2 press crust evenly over bottom and sides of greased 8 inch spring form pan.
• 3 refrigerate 15 minutes.
• 4 place cream cheese, sugar, flour and salt in large mixer, beat at medium speed until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
• 5 add sour cream, 2 egg yolks, the whole egg, lemon juice and vanilla to cheese mixture, beat at medium speed, until well blended.
• 6 beat egg whites and cream of tartar in clean bowl at high speed, until soft peaks form.
• 7 fold egg whites into sour cream mixture.
• 8 pour batter into prepared crust.
• 9 bake in preheated 325°f oven until center is almost set and jiggles slightly, about 1 hour.
• 10 turn oven off let cake sit in oven with door ajar until cake pan is cooled to room temperature.
• 11 refrigerate cake uncovered in pan until firm 8 hours to overnight.
• 12 to serve remove from pan.
• 13 beat whipping cream in small bowl till soft peaks form.
• 14 spread on cake.
• 15 sprinkle with ground cinnamon.