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Ingredients

• 16 ounces Philadelphia Cream Cheese (2 packages), softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 cups mascarpone cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 4 eggs, large
• 1 tablespoon Vanilla Bean Paste
• 1 zest of one lemon
• 1 zest of one lime
• 1 zest of one orange
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh

Directions

1. Cream the softened cream cheese and sugar together in a mixer with a paddle attachment until smooth.
2. Add the mascarpone cheese and mix until well blended
3. Add the flour
4. Add the eggs, one at a time, incorporating fully before adding the next egg.
5. Scrape the mixture to ensure that there are no lumps. Strain the mixture, if necessary.
6. Fold in the zests from the lemon, lime and orange, vanilla bean paste and the lemon juice.
7. Pour over the baked chocolate wafer crusts
8. For individual 3 inch cheesecakes, bake at 250oF for 20 minutes or until center of cheesecakes are set.