Crust:
1 cup sifted flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tblspn grated orange rind
1/2 cup butter
1 egg yolk
1/2 tspn vanilla
1. Combine flour, sugar and orange rind. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
2. Blend in the egg yolk and vanilla thoroughly.
3. Pat 1/3 of the dough evenly over the bottom of 10 inch spring form pan. Bake at 400 F for 5 minutes and cool.
4. Pat remaining dough evenly around the sides to 1/2 inch from the top. Set aside and prepare filling.
Filling:
5 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 tbls flour
1 tbls grated orange rind
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla
5 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/4 orange juice concentrate, thawed
fresh orange sections and mint for garnish
1. Combine first 6 ingredients in large mixing bowl. Beat at low speed with electric beater until smooth.
2. Add eggs and egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Stir in orange juice. Pour filling in to prepared crust.
4. Place fill spring form pan on a cookie sheet and bake at 400 F for 8 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 225 F and bake an addition 1 hour and 20 minutes.
5. Cool to room temperature then refridgerate to chill.
6. Garnish with orange sections and mint.
