Mommy-Mom-Mama: The Cheesecake Experience

homemade graham cracker crust and cheesecake

Ok so you can tell by the title this is me making my first cheesecake, it all started because I got some plain Philadelphia cream cheese about a week ago it was buy one get one free or something like that, plus I wanted some for my bagels which was buy one get one free, anyway I ended up with two big things of Philadelphia cream cheese, when you open them up there is a recipe on the back for cheesecake so I was like "ooooh I wanna try to make that, I've never made that before" didn't really want to make the cheesecake and the crust so couple days went by and we went back to the grocery store, and picked up one of those ready made crust, so another couple days go by and I get to craving something sweet and usually the sweet stuff I get I have to bake because in my head I won't want it that much since I have to prepare it and go through all that and it's not that easy with two kids, one that is 10 months old breast feeds and is a 100% spoiled mama's boy which is just fine with me just leaves me little to no time to do things "extra" anyways I decide to make this cheese cake, first I get one pack of the cream cheese out thinking that will be enough, I also have one open already in the fridge that only has a little gone, I am reading the directions and it says on there, needs 4 package 8 oz each. and at this time I have the baby at my feet and my husband walks in, I admittedly am like I need your help, I need you to run to the grocery store this paper says I need 4 packs total, and I already have the 2 packs in the bowl with the sugar needing to be mixed. while he's gone I get the baby situated with some puff snacks, he gets back with the extra packs and they are frozen!! like hard as a rock frozen! it says right on the pack DO NOT FREEZE!, We bicker back and forth for a minute on whether or not he should take them back, he thought that it was weird that they were frozen, he tried to look on the pack for something that says do not freeze but etc, etc, anyway I decided no never mind I will do what I can with this, so I put the 2 packs opened in the microwave on defrost, the baby is getting fussy wanting me to get him, husband is doing what he can to calm him and keep him occupied, I am at this point really aggravated and my back is hurting. So finally I get them defrosted and begin to mix everything up just like the package says. after I pour the cheesecake batter into the pre-made graham cracker crust I realize there is so much left over, so I read the directions again word for word and I did everything exactly the way it says so I am like ok I will make my own graham cracker crust and just do another cheese cake, that was aggravating all over, I had to crush up the graham crackers we had which thankfully we had because husband wanted them for his yogurt or else they wouldn't have been in the house. I don't have a round 9 in pan that it called for so I end up using a glass 8 in by 8 in pan

I already put the ready made graham cracker crust and cheesecake in the oven and turned on the oven timer for that. so I pour in the cheesecake batter and I still have more cheesecake left. I put the glass pan cheesecake in the oven and turn on a second timer on the microwave (all for 55 minutes) I don't have another pan so I decide to use a muffin pan, I make more of the graham cracker crust, each time I crush the graham crackers up and melt more butter, I put the graham cracker mixture into the little muffin cups and round them out, I make about 6 with the graham cracker crust until I just get tired of making the crust over and over and I still have cheesecake batter left, I make 6 with the crust and 3 without, I have some leftover pineapple from making a pineapple upside down cake that I plan on using as a topping and I have a can of cherries I plan on making as a topping too. Currently all the cheesecakes that was a pain in my side to make are in the fridge, can't even enjoy them until 4 hours after they have been refrigerated! Needless to say I probably won't be making cheesecake any time soon.