Orange Cheesecake

350*F 1hour 9" springform serves 12-16 (I use dental floss - makes much better slices!)


crust:
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cup vanilla wafer crumbs (about 36 wafers)

directions: mix together and push firmly into pan

filling:
3 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup orange juice concentrate, thawed
3 eggs
1 T cornstarch
1 t grated orange zest

mix together in ingredient order. one thing at a time. when the cream cheese is all soft and fluffy (sort of, lol), then start adding each add'l ingredient.

pour onto crust


bake in oven.

put a filled pan of water UNDER the cheesecake. (for example, my oven has 2 shelves. lower one shelf all the way to bottom and put the water pan there. then put other shelf in CENTER of oven and put the cheesecake there.)

when the center isn't all jiggly it's cooked.