The Fundamentals of Cheesecake Crust

This quick and easy Cheesecake Crust consists of Nilla Wafers (vanilla wafers),
unsalted butter, and granulated sugar.

Servings: 1 crust

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Prep Time
10 minutes

Cook Time
10 minutes

Total Time
20 minutes

Dessert

greek

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2 Heavily coat a springform cheesecake pan with butter. Set aside.
3 I am a purist when it comes to cheesecake. I do not recommend spraying it with
olive oil or attempting a cheesecake in anything other than a cheesecake pan! It
will not have the same flavor and it will not come cleanly out of any other type
of pan.
4 Add vanilla wafers to food processor and process for 1-2 minutes, or until the
wafers turn into fine crumbs.
5 You want 1 1/2 cups of vanilla wafer crumbs, so you'll need to add about twice
as much whole vanilla wafers to reach this amount. I find it easier to just
weigh out 200 grams, which is the equivalent of 1 ½ cups. It's also okay if it's
slightly more or slightly less. This isn't the kind of cake where 205 grams is
going to matter.
6 Add butter and sugar to vanilla wafer crumbs and process for 2 minutes, or until
the mixture is fully incorporated and begins to form a ball.
7 Add wafer mixture to the springform pan and firmly pack down.
8 Bake for 10 minutes.
9 Remove from oven and set aside.