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Brown Butter Cheesecake

Nutty, toasty brown butter in the crust AND the filling โ€” next-level cozy ๐ŸคŽ

Ingredients

  • 200g digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 170g butter, browned
  • 500g cream cheese, room temp
  • 150g brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 200ml sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch

How to make it

  1. Brown the butter until nutty and golden. Mix 100g with the crushed biscuits, press into a 20cm springform pan and bake 10 min at 180ยฐC.
  2. Beat cream cheese, brown sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, cornstarch and 50g of the brown butter until smooth.
  3. Pour over the crust and bake 55 min at 160ยฐC until just set. Cool, then chill 4 hours.
  4. Warm the reserved 20g brown butter and drizzle over the top.
  5. Slice and serve.