How To Make Instant Pot Cheesecake

Cheesecake has always been one of my favorite desserts, and I am SUCH a classic girl. Usually plain vanilla is it, and I’m proud of it. When it starts to smell a little like spring though, and the strawberries start looking big and ripe and so sweet you can smell them all the way across the produce aisle, all I want is strawberry everything. For a long time, I avoided making cheesecakes because while the process is pretty simple, the whole water bath, will it crack, needs to sit overnight in the oven process was just usually TOO MUCH for me to want to tackle for a non-holiday event. Also – my cheesecake pan was a 10 inch, and a 10-inch cheesecake is LARGE. I love it, and I can only handle a little piece, and only once in a while. It is delicious but it is RICH!

When I started doing a lot of Instant Pot cooking and realized that that thing was good for more than just chicken broth and pot roast, a whole new world opened up. I mean, COME ON. A tiny 7-inch cheesecake that is perfect for one evening’s dessert and is ready to PUT IN THE FRIDGE in a couple hours?  SOLD. Like any cheesecake, the most important advice I can give you is below.

TIPS FOR MAKING INSTANT POT CHEESECAKE

YES, it really does need to be made with room temperature ingredients. For real. Don’t skip this part, you will regret it. No power tools allowed. Just mix this by hand, and you will be MUCH less likely to overmix it.

These come from personal experience, from someone who has made a lot of cheesecakes in my day, and no matter how hard I try, no matter how I think I haven’t overmixed it, if I use my stand or even my hand mixer then I almost definitely overmixed it.

This Instant Pot Cheesecake is a fabulous recipe for a cookout, potluck, church gathering, or to drop off on someone’s front porch for a special treat!

Here are a few more delicious cookout and potluck recipes you might enjoy:

Teriyaki Smoked Shrimp from Or Whatever You Do Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad by Recipe Girl Yaki Udon by Or Whatever You Do Lofthouse Cookies by Sugar Dish Me