Sour Cream Cheesecake With Vanilla Bean
Updated Aug. 22, 2024
- Total Time
- 1 hour 10 minutes
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Ingredients
- 18chocolate wafers, finely crushed
- ¼teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼cup butter, melted
- 1pound cream cheese, room temperature
- 2eggs at room temperature, lightly beaten
- ⅔cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise and seeds scraped
- 1½cups sour cream
Nutritional analysis per serving (12 servings)
329 calories; 24 grams fat; 14 grams saturated fat; 1 gram trans fat; 6 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 24 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 20 grams sugars; 5 grams protein; 191 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
In a bowl stir together crushed wafers and cinnamon with a fork. Pour in butter, and stir until mixture is moist. Press mixture into a 9-inch springform pan, forming a crust just over 1 inch high around the sides. You might think you need more wafers, but you don't. Press patiently until a tight, thin layer forms. Chill until needed.
- Step 2
Heat oven to 350 degrees with baking sheet on center rack. In an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until creamy and fluffy. Add eggs, ⅔ cup sugar and seeds from vanilla bean, and beat until very smooth. Scrape bowl with a spatula to break up lumps. Pour into crust, and place on baking sheet. Bake 25 minutes.
- Step 3
Meanwhile, blend sour cream with 3 tablespoons sugar. After 25 minutes, remove cake from oven, and let sit 5 minutes. Increase oven heat to 450 degrees. Gently spoon sour cream mixture on top, and spread evenly. Return cake to oven, and bake 7 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
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Does anyone know how much vanilla extract to use if vanilla bean is not available? Thank you.
Just so you don't have to do a research project every time you make this recipe: one chocolate Nabisco wafer weighs 6 grams. This recipe therefore calls for 108 grams (3.8 ounces) of chocolate wafers crumbs.
A two-inch piece of vanilla bean is equal to one teaspoon of vanilla extract.
My daughter's name is Mirabelle Jasmine, and every year for her birthday I ask her if I can make her a mirabelle jasmine cake. This year, turning 17, she finally said yes. So I adapted this cheesecake. I subbed a graham cracker crust (using about 175 g crumbs and 6 tbs butter, no cinnamon) which I froze; then a layer of mirabelle jam (sometimes called "golden plum preserves"); and flavored the cheesecake mixture with jasmine essence instead of vanilla. It was exquisite.
Amazing! This was my first ever cheesecake. Used a box of chocolate bunny grahams for the crust. Served with fresh raspberries. All our dinner guests raved and asked to take home leftovers. Have enough leftover ingredients to make a 2nd, which I will pre-slice and freeze
Nabisco has discontinued the Chocolate Wafer Cookies, bummer. Maybe NYT could link a replacement cookie recipe so that the chocolate crust can be used. Did not know I could not get the wafers, so last minute fix was 6 ounces of Lorna Dunes with the same amount of melted butter from the recipe.