Classic Baked Cheesecake
6 hours 15 minutes
This is a simple and quick cheesecake you can make on your own. You will need a teaspoon, food processor or meat tenderiser to crush biscuits, a measuring cup, a medium to large bowl and an electric beater.
3 people made this
Ingredients
Makes: 1 cake
- 1 (250g) packet of Arnott's Nice(TM) biscuits, crushed (finely or as chunky as you wish)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 125g unsalted butter, melted
- 500g cream cheese, softened (I used half cream cheese and half ricotta)
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence (vanilla extract works just as well)
- 3 eggs
Directions
Preparation:25min ›
Cook:50min ›
Extra time:5hours cooling ›
Ready in:6hours15min
- Pre-heat oven to 150 degrees C. Lightly grease a 20cm tin.
- Combine crushed biscuits, cinnamon and butter in bowl. Press mixture firmly onto base and 3/4 of the way up sides of tin. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Beat cheese/s, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition until combined. Pour into biscuit base, bake for 50 minutes.
- Turn oven off leaving the cheesecake in with door ajar for 1 more hour. Remove from oven and place onto a wire rack to cool. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Serve.
Tip
You can use this recipe as a base to other recipes such as chocolate, strawberry etc.
