River Road Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs or 1 1/2 cups finely crumbed vanilla wafers
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened (chilled cream cheese results in a grainy texture)
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 16 ounces sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat over 350 degrees.
• 2 butter bottom of 9" springform pan. mix together crust ingredients and press onto bottom of pan.
• 3 cream the cream cheese with electric mixer until light and fluffy; add 3/4 cup sugar. beat until incorporated, occasionally scraping sides of bowl.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, mixing just until blended.
• 5 stir in vanilla extract. pour into prepared pan; bake approximately 35-40 minutes. approximately three inches from the sides should be firm with the center jiggly.
• 6 in the meantime, in a small bowl combine topping ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves.
• 7 after baking remove pan from oven and carefully spread sour cream topping beginning from the outer edge towards center. return to oven for 10 minutes; remove and let cool to room temperature. chill.