Mom's Cheesecake - Simply The Best

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pint ricotta cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) package sour cream
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f. cream cheeses and sour cream together. stir in melted butter and slowly add the sugar, continuously mixing.
• 2 add eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice. add flour to mixture and keep mixing.
• 3 pour into a floured springform pan. place in preheated oven and bake for an hour and a half (90 minutes). turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake in the oven for another two hours.
• 4 remove from the oven, cool, and enjoy! i’ve used a variety of toppings from sliced strawberries and whipped cream, to fresh blueberries, or any of the canned toppings available. my favorite is the one i just made – i had some homemade cherry preserves from the farmer’s market which i thinned with some passion fruit flavored rum and drizzled it over the top slice on the plate (decorative just like the fine dining establishments do!), then interspersed the drizzle with chocolate syrup. talk about decadence! it was like a chocolate covered cherry cheesecake! wonderful!