Home All Recipes Appetizers and Beverages Bread Salad Soup Main Dish Side Dish Desserts Candy and Snacks Miscellaneous
Mom Fitzgerald's Cheesecake
Desserts
Crust: | |||
14 Graham crackers | |||
1/3 cup melted butter or margarine | |||
1/4 cup sugar | |||
Filling: | |||
3 8-oz. pkg cream cheese, softened | 3 Tblsp fresh lemon juice | ||
1 1/3 cups sugar | 1 tsp grated lemon rind | ||
3 eggs, beaten | 1 tsp vanilla | ||
Topping: | |||
2 cups sour cream | |||
3 Tblsp sugar | |||
1 tsp vanilla |
Crumb graham crackers; mix with butter and sugar; press into spring-form pan and bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. For filling: Combine eggs with lemon juice; add sugar; beat all ingredients together until smooth. Pour into prepared crust and bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees. For topping: Beat sour cream, sugar, and vanilla together and spread on top of baked filling taken out of oven. Bake for 12 more minutes at 350 degrees. Open the oven door and let the cake cool in the oven. Cool overnight before removing pan sides. Spread desired fruit topping on before serving.