It’s
extremely easy to make, and the almond extract and macadamia nut
crust give it a delicious and unique flavor. It goes great topped
with cherry or blueberry pie filling, but you could use any fruit
filling or none at all.
Ingredients:
1
¾ cup graham cracker crumbs (crushed)
¼ cup
macadamia nuts (crushed)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ cup
butter
5 (8 oz) Packages of softened cream cheese
1 ¾
cup sugar
3 tablespoons of flour
5 eggs
2 egg yolks
¼
heavy whipping cream
1 ½ teaspoons almond extract
Procedure:
1.
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Crush graham crackers and macadamia
nuts and mix them together with ground cinnamon and melted butter in
a bowl.
2.
Press onto the bottom and sides of a 9 inch spring form pan.
3.
Place it into the oven and bake for 7 minutes, then remove and let it
cool.
4.
Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees. Combine cream cheese, 1 ¾
cup sugar, 3 tablespoons of flour, 5 eggs and 2 egg yolks, and mix
thoroughly. Next, add almond extract and heavy whipping cream and mix
just enough to blend.
5.
Pour filling mixture over your crust. Place back in the oven and bake
on 475 for 10 minutes.
6.
Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees and let your cheesecake bake
for 1 hour. After an hour turn off your oven, but leave the cake in
there for another hour before taking out.
7.
Remove the cheesecake from your oven, cool slightly and then place it
overnight in your refrigerator.
