Uncle Anthony's Cheesecake
Celeste Statler
The best traditional cheesecake recipe I have found!
ingredients
- CRUST:
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cups sugar
- 5 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
- CHEESECAKE:
- 2 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 pint sour cream
directions
- 1
Position oven rack in the center of the oven and the second rack in the lowest third of oven; preheat to 350 degrees F.
- 2
Mix cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and butter in a small bowl until well blended. Press mixture onto bottom of 9 inch spring form pan with 2 3/4 inch sides.
- 3
Using electric mixer beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating just to blend after each addition. Mix in vanilla. Fold in sour cream thoroughly. Pour batter into prepared pan. Set cheesecake pan on center rack of oven. Fill a small pan with water and place it on the bottom rack.
- 4
Bake cheesecake 30 minutes. Turn off heat and let stand in the warm oven for 1 hour. DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR. Transfer to a rack and cool. Cover and chill until cold. (Can be prepared one day ahead.)
notes
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Source: Celeste Statler
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