Once you've successfully baked the easiest braided cheesecake pastry ever invented, you can make it your own with a few upgrades, filling swaps, and — oh yes — toppings galore.

Recipe: Cheesecake Makes one 9- to 10-inch (23- to 25-cm) cake (pie) Ingredients: For the crust: 1⁄2 recipe Butter Pastry Dough (page 38) 1⁄4 cup (50 g) sugar 2 tablespoons unsalted butter ...

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Step 2. Finely grind cookies, add butter and mix until they can form a clump in your hand. Step 3. Line your spring form pan bottom and sides with parchment paper. Spray with pan spray. Step 4 ...

Prepare the dough the same way as in Step 1 above. For Step 2, fold the dough in half, as if you were making a quesadilla. Cut this half moon in half, so you have two quarters of a circle.

Make the crust: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Combine crumbs, 1/2 cup sugar, and butter in the food processor until one even texture; press on bottom and sides of a 8-inch springform pan.