New York style cheesecake recipes are made with a combination of cream cheese and Italian cheesecakes made with ricotta cheese. In the early 1920s, this particular style of silky cream cheese developed in the New York area.

New York-style cheesecake recipes were introduced by Jewish delicatessens in New York City. Arnold Reuben Jr., owner of the legendary Turf Restaurant at 49th and Broadway in New York City and a descendant of immigrants from Germany, claimed that his family developed the first cream cheese pie recipe. Reuben’s cheesecake was so good that he won a Gold Metal at the 1929 World’s Fair.

The superior qualities that make Reuben’s classic New York-style cheesecake are a graham cracker crust, a creamy texture, and a distinctive lemon flavor that is firm yet light in density. Below is your classic New York style cheesecake recipe.

Classic New York Cheesecake

Cortex:

Liberally coat a 10-inch springform pan with cooking spray.

1 1/2 cups commercial graham cracker crumbs

5 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon honey

1/4 cup sugar

Mix ingredients with your hands until well blended and crumbs appear moist. For in a pan. Using your hands, spread it evenly across the bottom and pat down firmly.

Stuffed:

5 8-ounce cream cheese bars, at room temperature

2 tbsp. flour

1 tablespoon. confectioner’s sugar

11/2 cups of sugar

grated peel of 1 lemon

1/2 teaspoon orange liqueur

3/4 teaspoon vanilla

2 egg yolks at room temperature

5 eggs at room temperature

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the first five ingredients in a large mixing bowl and beat on high speed until completely mixed. Add the vanilla and 2 yolks, and beat again. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well. For in prepared mold. The batter will fill the pan. Bake for 10 minutes. The top will be gold. Lower oven temperature to 200 degrees and bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until top is golden brown, cake feels bouncy to the touch and a toothpick looks clean. Cool to room temperature. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Yield: 16-20 slices

The history of cheesecake is believed to have originated in ancient Greece. The first recorded mention of cheesecake was when it was served to athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC. Centuries later, cheesecake appeared in the United States. The recipes were brought by the immigrants.

If you ask a New Yorker, the only true creators and connoisseurs of cheesecakes are in New York. Every restaurant in New York has its own version, and therefore New York cheesecake has been renamed New York cheesecake.

I hope you enjoy this New York style cheesecake recipe.

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