Perfect Cheesecakes

Perfect Cheesecakes
Learn a few simple techniques to avoid lumps, cracks, and sunken middles.
Baking in a Water Bath
Cheesecake is a custard at heart. It's delicate, so you want to bake it slowly and evenly without browning the top.
The most effective way to do this is to bake it in a water bath. Since water evaporates at the boiling point, the water bath will never get hotter than 212 degrees F (100 degrees C), no matter what the oven temperature. This means that the outer edge of your cheesecake won't bake faster than the center, which can cause it to soufflé, sink, and crack.
Baking Cheesecake
It's common to overbake cheesecakes because, while they might look underdone, they are actually done when the center is still wobbly. At this stage, residual heat will "carry over" and the center will continue to cook.
Remove cheesecake from the oven to cool on a rack, or simply leave the door of the oven closed, turn off the heat and let the cheesecake cool forat least an hour. This helps prevent the cheesecake from sinking in the center.
After chilling, the once-wiggly center should firm up just fine.
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