Amish Buttermilk Cheesecake Recipes

AMISH BUTTERMILK CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt butter, stir in brown sugar, flour and oats.
• Press into 9 or 10 inch spring form pan.
• Beat cream cheese, and brown sugar in a bowl until smooth.
• Beat in the buttermilk, flour and soda until smooth.
• Beat in two large eggs until mixed, add in vanilla, dont overbeat.
• Spoon into prepared crust lined pan.
• Sprinkle the top with the crushed macarrons.
• Bake in oven for 70 minutes or until set.
• This tends to be jiggly for a long time, so dont over cook, but keep centre semi jiggily. If desired turn heat off and let cool with door ajar.
• This also puffs up to the top of pan, top browns, and when cooled does fall in the centre area.
• Cool before cutting.
• Serve with raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries.

AMISH BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Combine sugar and lemon zest in a bowl. Using your hands, rub zest into sugar to release the natural oils of the zest. Add flour and mix well.
• Whip in buttermilk, lemon juice, eggs, butter, and lemon extract. Pour batter into pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake until center is slightly jiggly in center, 50 to 65 minutes. Custard will continue to set as pie cools.

BUTTERMILK CHEESECAKE 1972

Steps:

• Crust:.
• Melt butter and add all other ingredients to make a crumb mixture.
• Butter a 9 inch spring pan and pat in the crumbs forming a shell.
• Bake for ten minutes at 350 degrees.
• Remove from oven and set aside.
• Filling:.
• Cream the butter with the cream cheese and zest of lemon.
• Beat well until nice and smooth.
• Add the buttermilk and vanilla, again beat well and smooth.
• Add eggs one at a time, incorporating each on well, but do not overbeat.
• Again will specify do not over beat.
• Pour into the prebaked crust and set into oven.
• Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
• Bake then reducing heat to 300 and bake 25 more minutes.
• Reduce heat down again to 200 degrees and finish baking until just slightly jiggly in centre, this is about another 20 to 25 minutes.
• Can also place a small pot of water in the back corner of oven, or place in a water bath if desired.
• I usually dry bake all my cheesecakes, but this recipe allows for all types of baking.
• Remove and let cool to room temp on a rack for at least three hours.
• Then refrigerate and chill.

LITTLE BUTTERMILK CHEESECAKES WITH HONEY ROAST SUMMER FRUITS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2 and line nine holes of a muffin tin with muffin cases. Put the biscuits in a food bag and crush to fine crumbs using a rolling pin or use a food processor, then mix with the butter. Spoon into the muffin holes and use the back of a spoon to press the biscuits into a compact layer.
• Whisk the cream cheese, buttermilk, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a jug. Pour onto the biscuit bases, filling them right to the top. Bake for 20 mins, then turn the oven off and leave the cheesecakes inside for 2 hrs, or until the oven is completely cool. Once cool, chill for at least 3 hrs, or overnight if you can.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Toss the stone fruit, honey, wine and vanilla in a roasting tin and cook for 15 mins, until the fruit starts to soften and caramelise in places. Add the berries to the tin and cook for another 2-3 mins until they look shiny and juicy. Leave to cool. When you're ready to serve, place the cheesecakes on a platter or individual plates, then top each one with a spoonful of jam and some of the fruits, drizzling over any juice from the tin.

AMISH CHEESECAKE FOR A CROWD

Steps:

• 1. Make cake batter and divide into two 13 X 9 inch pans. Bake 350 for 20 minutes or until done. Cool.
• 2. Whip cream cheese and sugar. Whip cream and add to sugar mixture. Divide creamed mixture and spread evenly over the two cakes.
• 3. Cover each pan with one can of the pie filling. Chill 4 hours. You have to use real whipping cream for this recipe or it won't set up right.

AMISH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.and grease and flour bottom of 9x13 pan.
• For cake: cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.
• Blend in buttermilk or sour milk and 2 teaspoons of baking soda, there should be some foaming.
• Add 3 cups flour and mix until blended.
• Add vanilla last.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and Bake 25-30 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
• For topping: blend soft butter, milk, brown sugar and nuts in a small bowl.
• When cake comes out of oven and is still warm, spread with topping mixture and return to oven to bake until bubbly. About 1-2 minutes.
• Remove from oven again and cool.

AMISH BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x11-inch cake pan.
• Combine flour, white sugar, brown sugar, butter, and baking soda in a bowl until crumbly. Transfer 1 cup of crumbs to a small bowl and set aside. Add buttermilk and cinnamon to remaining crumbs and mix until batter is just combined and moist. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan and sprinkle reserved crumbs on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.