Cheesecake Master Recipe

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    12

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Complex

    • Ready in

      2 hr 30

Appears in
Baker Bettie's Better Baking Book

By Kristin Hoffman

Published 2022

  • About

This base recipe for cheesecake is incredibly creamy and delicious as is, and in fact, that is how I most often make it. However, this recipe can also be your starting point for making a wide variety of flavors.

With this cheesecake method, I do not call for using a water bath; rather, we start baking the cheesecake at a high temperature for a short amount of time to set the crust, and then a lower temperature for a long time to prevent it from cracking. This eliminates the need for

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