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Triple Vanilla Cheesecake

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups vanilla cookie crumbs
  • 6 tbsp butter melted
  • 32 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1.25 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 vanilla beans seeds scraped
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 325F. Press cookie crumb-butter mixture into springform pan; bake 10 minutes.
  2. Beat cream cheese and sugar smooth; add eggs individually, one vanilla bean’s seeds, and 2 teaspoons extract.
  3. Pour over crust; bake 60-65 minutes until just set. Cool in oven 1 hour with door cracked.
  4. Refrigerate cheesecake at least 6 hours.
  5. Whip heavy cream with remaining vanilla seeds and extract to soft peaks.
  6. Spread or pipe vanilla whipped cream over chilled cheesecake before serving.

Notes

Three layers of vanilla means quality extract really shines here.