blue ribbon cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups graham-cracker crumbs

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick), melted

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 1/2 cups sugar

• 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened

• 3 large eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Salt

• 1 cup sour cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In 13" by 9" glass or ceramic baking dish, mix crumbs, butter, cinnamon, and 1/2 cup sugar until crumbs are evenly moistened. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture. Press remaining mixture firmly onto bottom of dish.

2. In large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese, eggs, vanilla, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and remaining sugar until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add sour cream; beat 30 seconds or until blended.

3. Pour cream-cheese mixture over crust and spread evenly. Bake 20 minutes. Remove cheesecake from oven; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Return to oven; bake 10 minutes longer. Turn oven off; leave cheesecake in oven 1 hour. Remove and cool completely on wire rack. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 3 hours or overnight.

Nutritional information for each serving: About 380 calories, 6 g protein, 30 g carbohydrate, 27 g total fat (15 g saturated), 0 g fiber, 108 mg cholesterol, 285 mg sodium. I other words, not on your list if you take cholesterol medicine!

Credit to Good Housekeeping

  Jeffrey Cowgill 2006 (updated 2024)