Original New York Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 5 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened must be philadelphia if you can
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream
• 4 eggs

Recipe

• 1 bring all ingredients to room temperature (this helps to prevent cracking).
• 2 mix crumbs, 3 tablespoons sugar and butter;.
• 3 press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. (using a hamburger press handle works great for this!).
• 4 bake at 325°f for 10 minutes.
• 5 mix cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• 6 blend in sour cream. mix well
• 7 add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition, just until blended. do not over mix!
• 8 pour over crust.
• 9 run a knife through to remove any air bubbles.
• 10 bake 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until center is almost set. 325 °f for a silver springform pan 300 °f if using a dark nonstick pan
• 11 crack oven door open slightly and allow cheesecake to temper for about 30 minutes.
• 12 run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake;.
• 13 remove rim of pan.
• 14 refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. (this is a must!).
• 15 top with cherry pie filling and garnish, if desired.
• 16 variation, 1/3 cup seedless strawberry jam can be dropped in spoonfuls over the batter and cut through the batter several times for marble effect before baking.
• 17 variation #2 cook above recipe and add 10 minutes before bake time ends. mix 1 cup sour cream, 2 tbsp sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla together and carefully spread over cheesecake and bake 10 minutes longer. when serving, top with mixed berries!
• 18 variation #3 before serving, melt caramels in the microwave until smooth, stir in chopped pecans in desired and spoon on top of each slice.
• 19 variation #4 before serving, crush us peanut butter cups press lightly into top of cheescake and drizzle with chocolate syrup.
• 20 variation #5 before serving, cut cheesecake into cubes if desired, and drizzle with melted chocolate. refrigerate for chocolate to harden.