Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Cheesecake















Cheesecake


.....And with cherries on top





For as long as I can remember this has been my mom's company dessert. (She got the recipe from her mom, Carol) She always made it with blueberries on top. Mmmm! I can still remember crushing graham crackers when I was little and graduating to baking the whole thing. Now I'm married to someone who loves cherries so we do cherries. Which by the way, the particular cheesecake pictured was for his birthday. Enjoy!

Filling Ingredients:

8oz. cream cheese

1/2 c. sugar

2 eggs beaten

Crust Ingredients:

1/4 lb. butter, melted

1/4 lb. graham crackers, crushed

1/4 c. sugar

Topping:

Any canned or fresh fruit topping.

Blend filling ingredients until smooth.

Mix crust ingredients in separate bowl. Press mixture evenly into pie plate.

Pour filling into crust.

Bake at 325 for 25 min. Or until slightly browned on top and filling is set.

Cool and top with your choice of fruit or other topping. Best when served chilled through.

2 comments:

Meredith said...

Beautiful photo! I may switch to doing my cheesecakes in a deep dish pie plate, as you did. I have a springform pan, but I can never figure out how to get the cheesecake successfully from the removable bottom to a platter.

Mary Ann said...

I made this recipe a couple of weeks ago. Yummy! My husband especially liked it. Thanks for sharing it. :-)