New York Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 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
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 mix crumbs, 3 tbls sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• 2 bake at 350°f for 10 minutes.
• 3 mix cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• 4 add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition, just until blended. do not over mix!
• 5 blend in sour cream.
• 6 pour over crust.
• 7 bake 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until center is almost set.
• 8 run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
• 9 refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
• 10 top with cherry pie filling and garnish, if desired.