Leave your cream cheese out for a bit so that it softens before you begin, as this will make this recipe a bit more easier when you get down to making the filling.
Eggs should also be around room temperature.
Start with the Crust
Preheat your oven to 350° F / 175° C.
Lightly grease or spray your 9" springform pan.
Tightly wrap this 9" springform pan with 2-3 layers of large aluminum foil. You will want to use the extra large sheets of aluminum foil to make sure there are no seems on the bottom of the pan. This is to ensure water does not seep into your pan and ruin your cheesecake and any fluids leaking will not get everywhere in your oven/water bath. Make sure there are no seams or holes in the aluminum foil that are toward the bottom 1.5" of the pan or directly on the bottom of the pan. Then set this aside.
In a small bowl, melt the butter in the microwave 20 seconds, then in 5 seconds increments to melt it while ensuring it does not burn. If only small chunks of butter remain and the rest is melted, do not continue to microwave as it will burn! Simply stir it and the chunks will melt.
In a large sized bowl, mix this melted butter, 1/3 cup of sugar, and the graham cracker crumbs to create the graham cracker crust.
Once completely mixed, move the mixture into the 9" spring form pan and pat it down to an even thickness.
Place this in the oven for 7 minutes to pre-bake the crust. Once the time is up, remove the pan and set aside to cool while you make the CBD cheesecake filling.
CBD Cheesecake Filling
In another larger bowl, add all 40 ounces of cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and Simply Add CBD™ Baking Oil.
Thoroughly mix these ingredients in with your hand mixer, making sure to push all the build up on the sides of the bowl down to it all gets mixed in. Then, add in your heavy cream and continue until this is fully mixed in, as well.Important: Mix thoroughly at this step for a few extra minutes to ensure the Simply Add CBD™ Baking Oil is dispersed throughout the mixture. This will ensure each piece of CBD cheesecake has a more even dosage of CBD. You will not have an opportunity to thoroughly mix in the coming steps!
Pour this mixture into the cooled graham cracker crust and spread evenly using a spatula, then prepare for putting this entire pan with your cheesecake into a hot water bath to prevent cracking.
Hot Water Bath
Place the 9" spring foam pan with your prepared cheesecake into the large pan, then pour up to 1.5" of hot water into the large pan.
Place this large pan with the water and cheesecake into the oven, baking it for 1 hour at 350° F / 175° C. When the 1 hour is up, turn off the oven and wait 30 minutes before removing it from the oven.
Almost Done!!
Remove everything from the oven, then carefully remove the 9" form spring pan with the cheesecake from the hot water. Run a knife around the entire edge of the CBD cheesecake touching the pan and set aside to let cool completely.
When the cheesecake is completely cool, loosely cover the spring form pan with saran wrap and place it in the refrigerator for 8 hours to chill.
Remove it the spring form pan, cut a slice, and enjoy your Simply Add CBD™ Cheesecake!
Notes
When changing the recipe to make more or less servings, make sure to calculate your Simply Add CBD™ Baking Oil requirements accordingly to reach your desired dosage of CBD. This is also true if you decide to make larger sized slices of CBD cheesecake, but less total quantity of slices with this exact recipe - your CBD dosage per slice will increase.To figure out the dosage per slice of CBD cheesecake, use the values below to calculate your total CBD used and divide by the number of slices you cut. This is the estimated CBD per slice.CBD dosage per slice of CBD Cheesecake ≈(Total ml of Simply Add CBD™ Baking Oil used X 25 mg) / # of slices cuteg. When making this exact recipe:(5 ml X 25 mg) / 8 slices ≈ 15 mg CBD / slice 1 ml of Simply Add CBD™ Baking Oil ≈ 25 mg of CBD.75 ml of Simply Add CBD™ Baking Oil ≈ 18.75 mg of CBD.5 ml of Simply Add CBD™ Baking Oil ≈ 12.5 mg of CBD.25 ml of Simply Add CBD™ Baking Oil ≈ 6.25 mg of CBD