My Mom’s Cheesecake
🕒 Cook Time: 40 minutes
🕒 Prep Time: 20 minutes
🕒 Total Time: 1 hour
Description:
Warning: This is not your usual cheesecake! It’s good though. I do not know the origin of this recipe, but my mom has been making it since the 1950s. It is the cheesecake I grew up with. In fact, I didn’t know there was any other kind until I was an adult.
Recipe Category: Cheesecake
Keywords: Dessert, < 60 Mins
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 277.9
- Fat Content: 12.4g
- Saturated Fat Content: 6.4g
- Cholesterol Content: 124.9mg
- Sodium Content: 260.7mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 34.5g
- Fiber Content: 0.1g
- Sugar Content: 31.4g
- Protein Content: 7.6g
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese
- 6 eggs, separated
- 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup powdered milk
- 1 cup milk
Instructions:
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Preheat oven to 325°F (165°C).
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Prepare a 9×13-inch baking pan by buttering the bottom and sides, then sprinkling with graham cracker crumbs. Set aside.
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Cut the cream cheese into 12 to 15 chunks and set aside to soften.
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Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in a large bowl, gradually adding 3/4 cup of sugar. Beat until stiff peaks form and sugar is dissolved.
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In another bowl, beat egg yolks with salt, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and the remaining 3/4 cup of sugar until thickened and golden in color.
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Add the softened cream cheese to the egg yolk mixture one chunk at a time, beating well after each addition until blended.
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Sprinkle powdered milk over the yolk mixture, then pour in the liquid milk. Continue beating until well blended.
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Fold the egg white mixture gently into the yolk mixture until evenly combined.
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Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
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Bake in the preheated oven at 325°F (165°C) until the cheesecake is browned and puffy, about 40 minutes.
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Once baked, the cheesecake will naturally collapse as it cools.
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Cool the cheesecake completely, then refrigerate before serving.
Enjoy this nostalgic cheesecake recipe that has been passed down through generations!
