Tgi Fridays Restaurant Copycat Recipes Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Recipe 45

Steps:

• CRUST: Crush the graham crackers. Mix in the sugar. Add the egg yolk and vanilla, then stir in the melted butter. Line a springform pan with non-stick foil. Press graham crackers into the pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes or until edges are slightly brown. Remove and let cool. CHEESECAKE: Combine cream cheese, sour cream, corn starch and sugar, mix until sugar is dissolved. Add butter, vanilla and beans, blend until smooth. Don't over mix. Bake at 350 degrees 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 1 hour. VANILLA BEAN WHIPPED CREAM: In a cold mixing bowl beat cream until soft peaks form. Gradually add powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Put this in a bowl in the fridge. Don't wash your mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese in it, until fluffy. Add the white chocolate and beat until smooth. Fold in the whipped cream. After the cheesecake has cooled spread the mousse evenly on top. Refrigerate for about an hour then spread the whipped cream on top. Refrigerate several hours before serving

Steps:

• CRUST:Crush the graham crackers. Mix in the sugar. Add the egg yolk and vanilla, then stir in the melted butter. Line a springform pan with non-stick foil. Press graham crackers into the pan. Bake at 375º for 8 minutes or until edges are slightly brown. Remove and let cool.
• CHEESECAKE: Combine cream cheese, sour cream, corn starch and sugar, mix until sugar is dissolved. Add butter, vanilla and beans, blend until smooth. Don't overmix.
• Bake at 350F 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 1 hour.
• WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE In a cold mixing bowl beat cream until soft peaks form. Gradually add powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Put this in a bowl in the fridge. Don't wash your mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese in it, until fluffy. Add the white chocolate and beat until smooth. Fold in the whipped cream.
• VANILLA BEAN WHIPPED CREAM In cold mixing bowl, beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Gradually add powdered sugar and then vanilla beans, beating until stiff peaks form.
• After the cheesecake has cooled spread the mousse evenly on top. Refrigerate for about an hour then spread the whipped cream on top. Refrigerate several hours before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease springform pan.
• TO PREPARE BASE BATTER:.
• Cream 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup shortening, and 1 egg together; Add milk and vanilla. set aside.
• Sift together 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine the sifted and creamed ingredients together. Once batter is mixed, it should be nice and thick; set aside.
• TO PREPARE THE CREAM CHEESE BATTER:.
• Cream all the ingredients for the cream cheese batter together, set aside.
• TO PREPARE THE CINNAMON FILLING:.
• Melt 1/3 cup butter then mix in the brown sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
• TO PREPARE THE CHEESECAKE:.
• Take the base batter and spread half of it on the bottom of the pan. Next, spread the entire amount of cream cheese batter on top. Take the rest of the base batter and drop spoonfuls over the entire top of cheesecake. After that take the cinnamon filling and drop spoonfuls over entire top. Once finished, take a knife to swirl the ingredients together.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for about 45 minutes, cake will be puffy and lightly browned. Let chill and serve with icing drizzled over the top.
• TO PREPARE THE ICING:.
• Cream 2 tbsp cream cheese and 2 tbsp butter together. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla, then powdered sugar. If icing is too thick, thin with milk.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a 9 in springform pan with foil and spray with non-stick spray.
• Mix the graham crackers with 1/4 C sugar.
• Add the egg yolk, 1/4 t. vanilla, and melted butter, in that order.
• Press mixture into the pan, and bake for 8 minutes (or until edges are slightly brown).
• Remove and let cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine cream cheese, sour cream, cornstarch, and 1 C sugar, mixing until sugar dissolves. Add butter, 1/2 t vanilla, and beans from one vanilla pod, blend until smooth. Spread on crust.
• Bake 30-35 minutes, cool 1 hour.
• In a cold mixing bowl, beat 1 C cream until soft peaks form. Add 2 T powdered sugar, and continue beating. Place in another bowl in fridge. Without washing first bowl, beat the 1/3 less fat cream cheese in it, until fluffy. Add the white chocolate, and beat until smooth. Fold in the whipped cream from fridge; place back in fridge.
• In another cold bowl, beat 1 C whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add 1 T powdered sugar, and beans from one vanilla pod beating until stiff peaks form.
• Spread mousse evenly on top (cream cheese/white chocolate mixture). Refrigerate for an hour, then spread whipped cream on top. Refrigerate several hours before serving.