Deluxe Cheesecake

Directions

1. 1
   First prepare pastry dough.
2. 2
   In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat flour, butter, sugar, egg yolk and grated lemon peel until well mixed.
3. 3
   Shape dough into ball; wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
4. 4
   Preheat oven to 400F.
5. 5
   Press 1/3 of dough onto bottom of 10x2-1/2-inch springform pan; keep remaining dough refrigerated.
6. 6
   Bake crust 8 minutes or until golden; cool in pan on wire rack.
7. 7
   Turn oven control to 475F.
8. 8
   While crust is cooling, prepare filling: In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese just until smooth; slowly beat in sugar, scraping bowl often with rubber spatula.
9. 9
   Add eggs, milk, flour, egg yolks and lemon peel; beat 5 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.
10. 10
    Press remaining dough around sides of pan to within 1-inch of top.
11. 11
    Pour cream cheese mixture into crust.
12. 12
    Bake cheesecake 12 minutes.
13. 13
    Turn oven control to 300F; bake 35 minutes longer.
14. 14
    Turn off oven; let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes.
15. 15
    Remove cheesecake from oven; cool completely in pan on wire rack.
16. 16
    Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until well chilled.
17. 17
    When cheesecake is firm, use spatula to loosen pan from cheesecake and slide onto serving plate.