REAL...New York Cheese Cake

[Teresa]

This is how I have always made my cheesecake when I have the time.
There are lots of shorter versions.. but there is no better recipe and taste than what comes from this one.

New York Cheese Cake

Crust
1 cup flour
½ cup powdered sugar
¼ cup melted butter  (may need more or less)


Mix the dry.
Slowly add the butter till it turns to looking like crumbs ( kind of like a slightly wet pie crust)
Hand pat into 10" spring form pan. Let the crust come up the side about ½ inch.
Pre bake at 350 about 15 min, it will look a little dry and have a lite golden brown color.
Let cool.


Filling

2 lbs block Cream cheese
2 cups sugar
1 Tbs vanilla

4 eggs
4 egg yolks
¾ cup sour cream
¼ cup heavy whipping cream
2 Tbs flour

Let the cream cheese come to room temp
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together. ( the longer and harder the better, I  use the big stand mixer ..go on high about 10 min)
Scrape sides of bowl every minute or so.
Continue to mix at low speed and add eggs and yolks one at a time
Scrape sides
Add flour and scrape sides again
Turn mixer off
Add sour cream and whipping cream; mix in by hand (over mixing at this point will make the finished cake grainy)

Fill pan with crust no more the 2/3 full
Set large pan of water on the lowest rack of oven
Bake cake on middle rack for 2 - 2 ½ hours at 250.
Test for doneness by gently shaking the pan, it should move as one mass.

Let cool .....
remove for  pan and enjoy.