BASIC CHEESECAKE

BASIC CHEESECAKE

Ingredients:
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tblsp sugar
3 tblsp butter or margerine, melted
4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
3 tblsp flour
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tblsp vanilla
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350F. For Crust: Mix crumbs, 3 tbsp. sugar, and butter.Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 minutes.For Filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, and flour at medium speed with
mixer until well blended.Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in sour cream and vanilla. Pour over prepared crust.Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes.Turn off oven and prop door open and let cheesecake sit in oven until oven has cooled. Lossen cake from rim of pan. Can be topped with fruits or whipped cream as desired.