Sara Lee French Cheesecake Recipe
The Sara Lee Company is a food manufacturer that produces pre-made desserts and treats. These include Bavarians, pies, crumbles, cakes, brownies, pudding, ice creams, and of course, delicious cheesecakes! They even have vegan products!Today, we will be remaking their extremely famous French-style classic cheesecake! This cheesecake is made with a delicious oatmeal biscuit crust, an uber creamy and rich vanilla cheesecake filling, and is finally topped with some cookie crumbs.
Servings: 10
Equipment
- Food processor, optional
- Mixing bowls
- 9-inch springform cake pan
Ingredients
Ingredients For The Oatmeal Crust
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 ¼ cup fine granulated sugar divided
- 1/3 cup salted butter melted
Ingredients For The Cheesecake Filling
- 32 ounces full fat cream cheese softened
- 1 ½ cups fine granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 4 large eggs room temperature
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
- First, start by making the oatmeal crust. For a finely-textured crust, add the rolled oats to a food processor and blend it until you have the desired texture. Then add in the fine sugar and mix it well. Lastly, add the melted butter and blend.
- If you want a textured crust, you can simply combine all of the crust ingredients together in a large bowl and mix them well.
- Remove about ¼ cup of crumb. Using the rest, press them into a springform cake pan, creating small edges of about ½ an inch high.
- Then, bake the crust in the preheated oven for roughly 10 minutes. Once baked, remove it from the oven and allow it to cool inside of the pan. Set it aside until you need it later.
- Place the softened cream cheese in a large mixing bowl. Beat the cream cheese until it has a light and very fluffy texture. Then, you can add your fine sugar, vanilla extract, and salt.
- Once fully incorporated, add in the eggs one at a time. It is extremely important that you beat the mixture well (you can use a low speed) after adding each egg.
- Pour the Sara Lee cheesecake into the springform pan on the pre-baked crust. Make sure that the top is completely smooth. Top with the remaining ¼ cup of oatmeal crumbs that you kept aside.
- Then, lower the oven temperature to 325°F (160°C). Bake this Sara Lee French cheesecake recipe for 55-60 minutes.
- Once fully baked, allow the cheesecake to cool completely before allowing it to set inside of the fridge.
- Once the cheesecake has been set, you can remove it from the springform pan. Use a thin and very sharp knife to slice between the cheesecake and springform pan sides. Then, unclamp the pans’ sides and remove them completely.
- We wouldn’t recommend removing the base of the pan from the cheesecake. This will prevent the cake from falling apart in case the crust has a crack.
