TUESDAYS WITH DORIE
This is the last Tuesdays With Dorie recipe this year. 52 weeks and 52 recipes later, and next Tuesday TWD will be one year old! Hang on to your aprons, because that's the week, Dorie herself will be making an appearance! That's right! Dorie will be choosing the recipe next week. Then, you'll all be able to click on Dorie's link to her own blog!
TALL & CREAMY CHEESECAKE
Anne Strawberry picked the Tall & Creamy Cheesecake for her recipe this week. You can find it on pages 235-237 of Baking: From My Home To Your by Dorie Greenspan, or, you can click on Anne Strawberry's blog to find the recipe there. This is a typical cheesecake, the way I usually make all my cheesecakes. It's ultra-creamy, very rich and not for the calorie conscious!
I love Dorie, but a lot of her recipes are long and drawn out and confusing to the new baker. I make my cheesecakes as easy as possible, using the least amount of pans and bowls and multi-tasking if I can. Dorie suggests a water bath, and while this practice is typical, it isn't necessary in most cases. I used to do this myself when I first started making cheesecakes, but the mess it made when a springform pan accidentally popped open, or when water seeped into the pan, was enough to make me build a better mousetrap so to speak. Not to mention the total waste of time and money spent on ingredients!
HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT CHEESECAKE
Now, I just wrap the bottom of the springform pan with aluminum foil, clamp the pan shut, and pull the excess foil up and around the outside of the pan to avoid leaks and drips. Then I put a pan of hot water on the bottom rack of the oven, place the cheesecake on the top rack and close the door.
I wrote a whole article on this subject; How To Make The Perfect Cheesecake. You can find it by clicking here and reading it at Suite101. I wrote the article to help bakers make a great cheesecake without all the mess and fuss.
The sections include:
- How to Use Springform Pans
- Ingredients
- How to Mix Cheesecake Batter
- How to Melt White & Dark Gourmet Chocolate
- How to Tell When a Cheesecake is Done
- How to Cool Cheesecakes
- How to Slice a Cheesecake
- How to Fix a Cracked Cheesecake
- How to Freeze Cheesecakes
If You Liked Dorie's Cheesecake, Try These Cheesecakes Too!
- NY Style Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe
- Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe with Gingersnap Crust
- Cherry Cheesecake Recipe with a Graham Cracker Crust
- Chocolate Zebra Cheesecake Recipe with an Oreo Cookie Crust
- Junior's Brownie Swirl Cheesecake Recipe
- White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Recipe
- Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe with an Oreo Cookie Crust
Anyway...Dorie's Tall & Creamy Cheesecake is delicious and tall and creamy just like the recipe says. You won't be disappointed. For Dorie's recipe, I made a Chocolate Chip Cheesecake with an Oreo Cookie Crust, and then decorated it with chocolate ganache. Make it her way, and then try the same recipe using my tips & tricks and tell me what you think!
Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake, Chocolate Chip Cheesecake & Chocolate Cookies & Cream Cheesecake - Try Them All!
They all look delicious! Have a very happy 2009!
Posted by: Betty | December 31, 2008 at 09:09 AM
I want a piece of oreo and reeses cup cheesecake... okay AND a piece of chocolate chip!! You are amazing... those look SO d-lish... plus all the tips are very helpful. I'm so behind in my TWD this month. When I catch up... I'll definitly use many of your tips! Thanks!
Posted by: Lisa | December 31, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Wow! Thanks for all the tips!
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Jennifer | December 31, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Whoa, you made all those cheesecakes at once? They all look so yummy! I got a package of Oreos for Christmas. I'll have to try your idea with the Oreo crust.
Posted by: Carla | December 31, 2008 at 04:47 PM
it looks so perfect! i can't believe you made all of them, i didn't even have time for one ;) thanks for the baking tips as well. happy new year!
Posted by: kim | December 31, 2008 at 04:59 PM
Great post Donna! Next time I make cheesecake I am going to use your method - no more water baths.
All the cheesecakes look amazing!
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Liliana | January 01, 2009 at 12:08 PM
I am going to make that Oreo Cheesecake for a friend of mine; Oreos are his favorite!
I completely agree about the water bath, and actually do the same thing you do! Far less effort and the result is just as goo.
Posted by: Annalise | January 02, 2009 at 05:00 PM
Mmmm...Wow! I love plain cheesecake the most, but those look so good!
Posted by: Lori A. | January 02, 2009 at 05:28 PM
What an amazing lot of cheesecakes Donna, WOW. Congrats on a year of TWD. GREAT POST!!
Posted by: Deeba | January 03, 2009 at 09:54 AM
OH MY GRACIOUS! I wish I had found you before Christmas...but I guess I have a year to practice yahoo!
Posted by: sherry | January 04, 2009 at 06:33 PM
Way cool, some valid points! I appreciate you making this article available, the rest of the site is also high quality. Have a fun.
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