Orange Cheese Cake

By LyndaLee

Large, fabulous, very fresh tasting cheese cake. Can also be made with lime or lemon.

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 cup sifted all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon of orange rind
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Filling:
• 5 8oz softened cream cheese
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup frozen orange juice (concentrated, thawed)

Preparation

Step 1

Crust:
Combine flour, sugar and orange rind. Add butter, but in with pastry blender until consistency of course meal. Add egg yolk and vanilla, blend well. Place 1/3 of dough on bottom of 9 inch springform pan, pat out evenly to cover bottom.
Bake in preheated 400 degree oven 5 minutes or until golden brown, remove from oven and cool.
Pat remaining dough evenly around sides 1/2 in from top. Set aside, prepare filling.

Filling:
Combine cream cheese, sugar, flour, orange rind, salt and vanilla in large mixer bowl. Beat with electric mixer at low speed until smooth. Add eggs and egg yolks one at a time, beat well after each addition. Stir in orange juice concentrate.

Pour filling into prepared pan, place on cookie sheet.

Bake in preheated 400 degree oven 8-10 minutes or until crust is lightly brown. Reduce oven temperature to 225 degrees. Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool to room temperature, refrigerate until well chilled. Garnish with fresh orange sections.