Tall and Creamy Cheesecake (Tuesdays with Dorie)

Cheesecake! Four ways!

For this week's Tuesdays with Dorie selection, Anne of AnneStrawberry chose Tall and Creamy Cheesecake on pages 235-237 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours. Thanks Anne!!!

I decided to try different flavors and made 4 mini cheesecakes. The original crust recipe was enough for the 4-inch springforms, but I ended up with a ton of extra batter (probably enough for 1 1/2 or 2 more minis...I still have some in the fridge and need to figure out what to do with it.)

I made four different flavors:

1. Meyer lemon juice, zest and lemon extract
2. Mini chocolate chips (1/4 cup) - folded into batter
3. Blueberries (1/4 cup) - folded into batter
4. Raspberries (1/4 cup) - placed between two layers of batter

This one is the mini chocolate chips. I baked them for 50 minutes in a water bath, and then let them sit in the water bath for 1 hour (with the oven door slightly ajar).

Happy Almost New Year! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and Hanukkah. I spent last Saturday making mochi with my family for the Japanese celebration of New Year...that'll be my next post!

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Be sure to check out the other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers to see their creations. Dorie encouraged playing around with her cheesecake and I know my fellow bakers won't disappoint!!