Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Pie & Tarts Recipes Cheesecake-Crust Dough 5.0 (1) Close Yield: 1 10-inch crust Use this recipe to make our New York-Style Cheesecake with Cookie Crust. Directions Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Mix in egg yolk and vanilla. Add flour and salt; mix just until a dough forms. Shape dough into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 30 minutes or up to 1 day.