New York-Style Cheesecake

Name: New York-Style Cheesecake
Cuisine: US & Canada, American, Mid-Atlantic
Ingredients: 1 cup, graham cracker crumbs (4 ounces [113 grams], 8 whole crackers, broken into rough pieces and processed in food processor until uniformly fine); 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted, divided, 1 tablespoon is melted for greasing pan; 2 1/2 pounds (1134 grams), cream cheese, cut into rough 1-inch chunks and left to stand at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/2 cups, granulated sugar (10 1/2 ounces/298 grams); 1/3 cup, sour cream (2 1/2 ounces/71 grams); 2 teaspoons, lemon juice from 1 lemon; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2 , large egg yolks; 6 , large eggs

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
American
Mid-Atlantic
Eggs & Dairy
Cheese
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2002, America's Test Kitchen TV

What's the secret to perfect New York cheesecake? It's a character trait that most New Yorkers would never admit to—restraint.

SERVES 12 to 16 (Makes one 9-inch cheesecake)

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