How to Make Perfect Lemon Cheesecake

Lemon Cheesecake.

You can have Lemon Cheesecake using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Lemon Cheesecake

1. You need of Crust.
2. It's 2 1/4 cup of Graham crackers crumbs.
3. It's 1/4 cup of sugar.
4. You need 6 tbsp of melted butter.
5. It's of Filling.
6. It's 3 packages of cream cheese.
7. Prepare 3 of eggs.
8. You need 1 1/4 cup of sugar.
9. You need 3 tbsp of lemon juice.
10. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
11. You need 1 tsp of grinded lemon rind.
12. You need of Sour cream topping.
13. You need 1 pints of sour cream.
14. It's 3 tbsp of sugar.
15. Prepare 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
16. It's of Glaze.
17. It's 1/2 cup of sugar.
18. It's 1 tbsp of cornstarch.
19. It's 1/2 cup of water.
20. Prepare 2 tbsp of lemon juice.

Lemon Cheesecake instructions

1. Combine crackers crumbs, sugar and butter. Bake at 350°F for 5 minutes. Cool before adding filling..
2. Beat cream cheese with electric mixer at high speed until completely smooth..
3. Add eggs and gradually add the sugar, lemon juice and vanilla. Stir in lemon rind..
4. Pour into cooled crust and bake at 350°F for 35 minutes..
5. Blend sour cream, sugar and vanilla extract..
6. Remove cake from oven. Spread the sour cream mix over the top of cake. Return to oven and bake about 12 minutes..
7. Cool on rack for 30 minutes. Refrigerate until topping is cool but not completely chilled..
8. Make glaze by combining sugar and cornstarch, bleeding in water and lemon juice until smooth. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until thickened. Cook 3 minutes. Chill until cool but not set..
9. Spread top of cheesecake with lemon glaze. Chill several hours or overnight..