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Peppermint mocha cheesecake12/17/2023 ![]() To achieve the perfect slice, dip a large chef’s knife into a cup filled with hot water, dry it with a kitchen towel, then slice. Allow enough time to chill your cheesecake after baking-at least 6 hours or overnight. The latchable collar that forms the sides of a springform pan makes it a cinch to remove the pan from the cake while leaving it intact. No other cake pan or deep-dish pie plate will make it possible for you to cleanly and easily remove the cheesecake. When adding the crushed peppermint candies to your cheesecake filling, stir quickly and minimally because the peppermint bits will begin to tint the batter pink. Make sure that your cream cheese, eggs, and sour cream are at room temperature before baking (the cream cheese should be soft enough that you can press a finger through it with very little resistance). Temperature is crucial when it comes to cheesecake. The cookie crumb crust is as easy as can be-just mix crushed cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies with a little butter to bind them and use the flat bottom of a measuring cup to firmly and evenly pack the crumbs into the bottom of your springform pan. You don’t want to bake your cheesecake on the lower or upper rack because it will bake unevenly. Make sure your oven rack is set in the middle position of your oven. And conveniently, it’s available in the dairy aisle of your local grocery store in 16 and 24-ounce tub containers or a 12-ounce squeeze bottle. It’s a product that can be trusted for all of your holiday baking needs-from coffee cakes to cheesecakes like this one. Hood Sour Cream is perfect for baking because it’s made with high-quality Hood Milk and Cream. Second and more importantly, because sour cream is wetter and less dense than cream cheese, it adds just enough moisture to make the filling soft and smooth but not heavy. If you don’t traditionally add sour cream to your cheesecakes, here’s why it’s a good idea to start: First, sour cream has a similar tang to cream cheese, so you won’t be disturbing the overall flavor. ![]() To make the cheesecake filling, you’ll need all the usual ingredients: cream cheese as the base, granulated sugar to sweeten, eggs to bind it all together, extracts like vanilla and peppermint for flavor, chopped white chocolate and crushed peppermint candies for pops of flavor and crunch…and sour cream for a lighter, softer texture. Crushed candy canes or peppermint candies add a sparkly red and white crunch throughout. ![]() Peppermint extract infuses the cheesecake with just the right amount of mintiness to offset the tangy cream cheese and keep the whole cake tasting cool and fresh. Make the holiday’s best, most festive dessert with this cool and creamy peppermint cheesecake! It sits on top of a chocolate cookie crust, studded with crushed peppermint candy and smooth white chocolate, with a wintery cover of whipped cream.Ĭheesecake is always a hit for holiday parties, but it becomes even more festive and special when you introduce creamy, cozy white chocolate and wintery peppermint. ![]()
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