Apple Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 22 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 lemon
• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 apples (1 lb.)
• 1 dash salt

Recipe

• 1 lay flour on a board or countertop and sprinkle with baking powder and sugar.
• 2 make a well and drop in the egg and vanilla extract. cut the butter or.
• 3 margarine in slices over the top. knead into a smooth dough. roll out and.
• 4 line a greased springform pan (10” x 3”) with it making sure the dough is halfway up the sides of the pan. set aside.
• 5 separate eggs and beat the egg whites with a dash of salt until stiff. place inches.
• 6 the refrigerator. beat the egg yolks with sugar until creamy, add ricotta cheese.
• 7 and grate the rind of the lemon over it. add the flour and beat until mixed.
• 8 well. peel apples, quarter them, remove the core and cut into thin slices. stir.
• 9 in the cheese mixture, fold the stiff egg whites into it and then spread evenly onto the cake dough. bake in a 350 degree oven 60-70 minutes, until he edge of the cake is golden. after baking let the cake sit in the pan for ten.
• 10 minutes. loosen the edge with a knife and let it cool in the pan for 1 hour.
• 11 sprinkle the top with powdered sugar after it has cooled.