Amaretto Cheesecake Recipe Southern Living

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix together the graham cracker crumbs and the 3 tablespoons white sugar. Add the melted butter and mix well. Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch, and mix until smooth. Add sour cream, vanilla, amaretto liqueur, and salt. Mix until well blended. On low speed of an electric mixer, add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour batter over crust.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes. Remove from oven. Loosen around the edges with a knife and cool on a wire rack while still in pan. Refrigerate, remove from pan when completely chilled.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Wrap the outside of a 10 inch springform pan with foil.
• In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar and corn starch until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in sour cream and 1/2 cup melted butter. Stir in vanilla and orange extracts, lemon juice, almond extract and amaretto liqueur.
• To make crust: Combine macaroons and 2/3 cup melted butter. Blend thoroughly. Place most of the crust mixture in the bottom of the springform pan. Pour cheese mixture over crust, and sprinkle some crust mixture on top of batter.
• Place springform pan in a roasting pan, and set it in the oven. Fill roasting pan with water. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let set for 2 hours. Invert cheesecake so that the bottom becomes the top.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cracker crumbs, butter and sugar. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the Amaretto, extracts and salt. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour into crust. Place pan on a baking sheet., Bake at 325° until center is almost set, 55-60 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes. Combine the sour cream, sugar and almond extract; spread over top of cheesecake. Bake 5 minutes longer., Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of pan.

Steps:

• Tip the sultanas into a bowl, add the Disaronno and set aside to soak for 1 hr. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and lightly grease a 23cm loose-bottomed round cake tin. Melt the butter in a pan over a gentle heat and stir in the biscuit crumbs. Mix well, tip into the base of the tin and push down to compress it. Bake for 5 mins, then remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• Meanwhile, beat the cheese with the eggs, soured cream, flour, vanilla and caster sugar - preferably with an electric whisk so it is nice and smooth. Stir in the sultanas (and any Disaronno left in the bowl), then pour onto the base. Bake for 30 mins until set but still with a slight wobble in the centre. Cool in the tin. Can be made 2 days ahead and chilled.
• To serve, carefully turn out, dust with icing sugar and top with some broken amaretti biscuits. Serve with chilled glasses of Disaronno, if you like.

Steps:

• CRUST: Combine vanilla wafers, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 bag almonds, and melted butter in a food processor to create crust. Press into 9" springform pan and set aside.
• FILLING: Combine cream cheese, 1 1/4 cups sugar, amaretto, and salt in food processor until smooth. Add 1 egg at a time and pulse just until blended. (Too much mixing at this point will make your cheesecake crack when cooked.)
• Pour into springform pan and bake at 350°F for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
• TOPPING: While cheesecake is cooling, in a small bowl mix sour cream, 1/4 cup sugar and almond extract. Pour over top of cheesecake and return to oven for additional 10 minutes. Remove from oven and add 1 bag of slivered almonds to top of cake and cool completely on rack. Refrigerate for 8 hours.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter, and brown sugar.
• Press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch spring form pan.
• Bake crust for 10 minutes, let cool on wire rack.
• For filling, beat cream cheese at a medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs, on at a time, beating after each addition and scraping bottom and sides of bowl as needed.
• Stir in sour cream and vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared crust.
• Bake for 65 minutes, center will not be completely set.
• Turn oven off; partially open oven door, leaving cheesecake in oven for 1 hour.
• Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Cover and chill at least 8 hours.

Steps:

• Combine first four ingredients. Press into bottom and 1 3/4" up side of a 9" springform pan which has been coated with coaking spray.
• In a large bowl beat beat together cream cheese and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
• Lower speed to medium and add whipping cream., 1/4 cup amaretto and 1 teaspoon vanilla beating well.
• Pour into prepared crust and bake at 350 for 15 minutes and reduce over to 225 degrees, bake for 1 hour.
• Cool on rack for 5 minutes.
• Combine next 4 ingredients. Spread evenly on cake and cook additional 5 minutes. Cool, cover lightly and chill overnight.
• To serve, remove side of pan and garnish with almonds.