Lemon Cheesecake. This Lemon Cheesecake is smooth, thick and creamy! It's got a light lemon flavor in the cheesecake and big lemon punch from the lemon curd on top! A great combination of sweet and tart!

Finish the cheesecake with lemon curd for double the tart pucker! These lemon cheesecake bars are so creamy, so rich and lemony. Easy and refreshing dessert that you must try! You can cook Lemon Cheesecake using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Lemon Cheesecake

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

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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..

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