Cheesecake ( sour cream )

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2Eggs
½cupSugar
2teaspoonsVanilla extract
cupSour cream
2packsCream cheese;softened 8 oz each
2tablespoonsButter; melted
1canCherry pie filling ; (16 oz)
15Graham cracker squares; crushed
½cupSugar
½teaspoonCinnamon; ground
¼cupButter; melted

Directions

CRUMB CRUST

Blend eggs, sugar, vanill, and sour cream for 15 seconds in blender.

Continue blending and gradually add cream cheese, softened and cut into pieces. Add butter; blend well. Pour cheese mixture into 9-inch piepan prepared with crumb crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or until set in center. Filling will be very soft but will firm up as cake cools. Top with cherry pie filling if desired; chill thoroughly before serving.

Crumb Crust:

Combine all ingredients. Press into buttered 9-inch piepan. Bake at 400 degrees for 6 minutes. Cool before filling.

Yield: one 9-inch pie shell.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, December, 1972.

Typed for you by Nancy Coleman