Subject: RECIPE: Don Chaney's Cheesecake
From: gordon@cae780 (Brian Gordon)
Date: 6 Jun 86 03:34:46 GMT
Newsgroups: mod.recipes

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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHEESECAKE-4 D "18 May 86" 1986
.RZ "DON CHANEY'S CHEESECAKE" "Ultimate cheesecake"
This recipe is the original creation of a co-worker, Don Chaney.
I consider myself a cheesecake gourmet, and I rate this recipe as 8.5 out of
10 (However, there are no 10's).
The recipe is so simple, I almost feel guilty serving it. 
.IH "One cheesecake"
.SH		CRUST
.IG "6 Tbsp" "butter," "90 g"
melted
.IG "1 tsp" "cinnamon" "5 ml"
.IG "3 Tbsp" "sugar" "35 g"
.IG "2 cups" "graham cracker crumbs" "180 g"
.SH		FILLING
.IG "24 oz" "cream cheese," "700 g"
at room temperature
.IG "3" "large eggs,"
at room temperature
.IG "1 cup" "sugar" "200 g"
.IG "\(12 tsp" "vanilla extract" "2.5 ml"
.SH		TOPPING
.IG "2 cups" "sour cream" "500 ml"
.IG "\(12 tsp" "vanilla" "2.5 ml"
.IG "3 Tbsp" "sugar" "50 ml"
.PH
.SK 1
Preheat oven to 
.TE 375 190 .
.SK 2
Mix crust ingredients.
Press into springform pan on bottom and sides.
.SK 3
Mix filling ingredients and pour into pan.
Make sure all ingredients are room temperature.
.SK 4
Bake 30\-35 minutes, or until slightly browned.
.SK 5
Remove cake from oven, and increase oven temperature to
.TE 500 260 .
Mix topping ingredients, and gently spread on top of cake.
Return cake to 
.TE 500 260
oven for five mins.
.SK 6
Remove from oven, cool to room temperature, and chill overnight. Serve cold.
.NX
\fIVariations:\fR Crush some walnuts into the crust.
Pour a can of cherry or blueberry pie filling over the chilled cake,
then chill again.
Put 
.AB "2\-3 Tbsp" "30\-50 ml"
of your favorite liqueur into the cake filling.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
easy to moderate.
.I Time:
10 minutes preparation, 40 minutes baking, overnight cooling.
.I Precision:
measure the ingredients.
.WR
Brian G. Gordon
CAE Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc., Santa Clara CA
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