Auntie Ann's New York Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons chilled margarine, cut into small pieces
• 1 tablespoon ice water
• 3 (8 ounce) packages fat free cream cheese, softened
• 2 (8 ounce) packages neufchatel cheese, softened
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 5 eggs
• 1 lemon, zest of
• orange slice
• lemon slice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°.
• 2 place 2/3 cups flour and 2 tablespoons sugar in a food processor until well combined.
• 3 add chilled margarine until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 4 with processor on, slowly pour ice water through food chute, processing just until blended (do not allow dough to form a ball).
• 5 firmly press mixture into bottom of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.
• 6 bake at 400° for 10 minutes.
• 7 preheat oven to 525°.
• 8 combine cheeses in a large bowl; beat at high speed of a mixer until smooth.
• 9 add 1 3/4 cups sugar and next 5 ingredients; beat well.
• 10 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 11 pour cheese mixture into pan; bake at 525° for 7 minutes.
• 12 reduce oven temperature to 200° and bake for 45 minutes or until almost set.
• 13 remove cheesecake from oven and let cool at room temperature.
• 14 cover and chill at least 8 hours.
• 15 garnish with lemon zest, orange slices, and lemon slices.