Cheese Cake
- 2 1/2 pounds dry cottage cheese
- 10 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 7/8 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 10 egg whites
- 1/4 pound butter, melted
- Zwieback Mixture:
- 1 pound Zwieback crumbs
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
Press cottage cheese through a sieve or food mill, beat it with the electric mixer, medium speed for 15 minutes while adding yolks, salt, vanilla and half the sugar; add sour cream. Remove from beater. Beat egg whites with remaining sugar stiff but not dry. Fold them into first mixture with melted butter.
Grease cheese cakes molds (spring form pans); line them with quarter-inch layer of Zwieback mixture on top; bake in moderately hot oven at 400°F., 45-60 minutes (test as for custard). Serves 10 to 12.
Zwieback Mixture: Mix to a paste 1 pound Zwieback crumbs, 4 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
Grease cheese cakes molds (spring form pans); line them with quarter-inch layer of Zwieback mixture on top; bake in moderately hot oven at 400°F., 45-60 minutes (test as for custard). Serves 10 to 12.
Zwieback Mixture: Mix to a paste 1 pound Zwieback crumbs, 4 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
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