Kitchen

[CAcableGirl2]

@Black Cat Back   I too think that the $80+ is too much.  I got one last year for just over $62, and my son's family liked it so much, I bought them one, and it was around $70 last year.  I was going to send him one for his bday last week, but when I saw the price tag, it was too much for me to justify.

It's good, but I recently purchased some cheesecake bites at Sams Club for just over $16 for almost 3 pounds in the frozen section and they were quite good, so I guess, unless I'm making it myself, I'll be getting some at Sams.

And, by the way, you can get a recipe for Juniors online.  It's more work then the one that I make myself, but it's very good, and a lot less expensive. 

[addtothis]

Everyone,  I love cheesecake to the top but I have to say I have a recipe that my mother in law years ago shared with me from her 1965 Homes and Gardens Recipe Book that I kept for years.  The amount of eggs and cream cheese are so well worth it to make.  When she passed away the book went to my sister in law so I wrote it down and then lost it.  I finally bought a 1965 golden edition from someone online   and kept it and used that recipe several times since.  It truly is well worth the time and effort to make.  Tomorrow I will make it the point to post the recipe.  I have never posted pictures and recipes from a book but I will try.  Juniors is a good company but they do have to make it work in these horrific times. Love all your posts🥰

[LizzieInSRQ]

There are very few ingrediants in cheesecake to make such an expensive difference. I also dont want a stinking cake crust either lol. I want a cookie or graham cracker crunchy crust. I can make just about any flavor of cheesecake myself practicing a few years ago. 

I appreciate history and family owned but Id only buy Juniors if i lived in NY or my store carried it. Even then maybe not unless it had a cookie crust lol.

Even for those who do not and never will bake a cheesecake...get it local unless you live in an extremely rural isolated area or cant drive and have no friends... and save yourself $60.00. It will be just as delicious if not more. 

[Pook]

Juniors is real cheesecake and  not the premade graham cracker crust and some cream cheese easy mix with few ingredients.  The original Junior's has far more ingredients and does take a bit more time to make the sponge cake bottom and get the best quality ingredients and spend the time to mix them properly so of course more expensive.  I have the original recipe and spend  way more money as well as the extra time making one than just getting cheap cream cheese and a few eggs, sugar and a premade cheap graham cracker crust that is called cheese cake.  Well worth it to take the extra time and buy the ingredients used in the original recipe,

[RollTide2008]

It works out to about $2.60 a serving. I don’t think that’s unreasonable for a special occasion dessert.

[fthunt]

@RollTide2008 Agree with you.  How many  times per year do you have one?  Probably zero.

Now what  I spend on good shrimp and seafood - could really be debated.  LOL

[Lynnabby]

I'm pretty sure I've seen them at Shoprite much cheaper.

[Trailrun23]

Costco sells their own cheesecake made in store and it is our favorite. It is plain so you can add whatever toppings or fruit you like. Really rich ream cheese flavor and not overly sweet. It is scored on top so you can get about a dozen or more slices out of it, depending upon how thin you slice it. I buy one and slice it, put each slice on a small paper plate and slip into a freezer bag and store in freezer. When we want a slice, I just take one out and it thaws in minutes. Keeps a long time in the freezer and it is a nice treat since we don't have it all the time. 

[Roscoe the Rascal]

I'm not a cheesecake person.  They look pretty on tv though.

[Icegoddess]

I really have no use for a full-sized cheesecake.  It's just the two of us.  I guess the only time I would get one would be for a group event, but I'm usually asked to bring my chili for those.  I've had the minis once though.  Probably would just buy something like that at Costco or elsewhere rather than pay Q prices for it though.

When I was younger, I used to enjoy cooking different desserts.  I had a killer baklava.  Now, that can be dfficult to make properly since you have to keep the phyllo dough just the right amount of moist or it will either dry out and fall apart or stick together while you're building it.  I was taught by my best friend's Greek family.  They don't take a bunch of phyllo layers, add the filling, then top with a bunch of phyllo layers like I find elsewhere.  You put a phyllo sheet down, brush with melted butter, repeat several times, add filling, repeat the phyllo process several times again, add more filling, etc. The entire time you have to keep that phyllo dough covered with a very slightly damp towel.  I even had someone offer to pay me for my recipe once.