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Key Lime Cheesecake with Strawberry Butter Sauce

A home-style Key Lime Cheesecake with Strawberry Butter Sauce made with Graham Cracker Crumbs, Sugar, Butter, Cream Cheese, and Eggs. Serves 1. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 2 cup
• 1/4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 3 pkg
• 1 1/4 cup
• 6
• 1
• 1 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 cup
• 1 1/4 cup
• 1/4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 1 1/2 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 2

   Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl and firmly press mixture onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of a buttered 9-inch springform pan.

3. 3

   Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes, cool.

4. 4

   Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating well.

5. 5

   Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.

6. 6

   Stir in sour cream, rind and juice.

7. 7

   In a separate bowl, beat egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form, fold into cream cheese mixture.

8. 8

   Pour batter into springform pan.

9. 9

   Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes; turn oven off.

10. 10

    Partially open oven door; let cheesecake cool in oven 15 minutes.

11. 11

    Remove from oven and immediately run a knife around sides of cheesecake to loosen.

12. 12

    Cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cover and refrigerator 8 hours.

13. 13

    Serve with Strawberry-Butter Sauce.

14. 14

    To make sauce, position knife blade in food processor bowl, add strawberries.

15. 15

    Process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides.

16. 16

    Stir in remaining ingredients.

17. 17

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