Deluxe Cheesecake

Directions

First prepare pastry dough: In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat flour, butter, sugar, egg yolk and grated lemon peel until well mixed.

Shape dough into ball; wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 400-degrees F.

Press ⅓ of dough onto bottom of 10 x 2½ inch springform pan; keep remaining dough refrigerated.

Bake crust 8 minutes ot until golden; cool in pan on wire rack.

Turn oven control to 475 degrees F.

While crust is cooling, prepare filling: In large bowl, with mixer at medium spee, beat cream cheese just until smooth; slowly beat in sugar, scraping bowl often with rubber spatula.

Add eggs, milk, flour, egg yolks amd lemon peel; beat 5 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.

Press remaining dough around sides of pan to within 1-inch of top.

Pour cream cheese mixture into crust.

Bake cheesecake 12 minutes.

Turn oven control to 300℉ (150℃); bake 35 minutes longer.

Turn off oven; let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes.

Remove cheesecake from oven; cool completelty in pan on wire rack.

Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until well chilled.

When cheesecake is firm, with spatula, loosen pan side from onto serving plate.