Cheesecake, New York Style - Jeff Smith's Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 lb cream cheese, broken into small pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions

1. 1

   Blend the cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup melted butter, and line the bottom of an 8- or 9-inch ungreased spring form pan.

2. 2

   Blend the sour cream, 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a food blender for 1 minute.

3. 3

   Add the cream cheese. Blend until smooth.

4. 4

   Pour 2 tbsp melted butter through the top of the machine. Pour into the spring form pan.

5. 5

   Bake in the lower third of a 325 degree oven for 45 minutes.

6. 6

   When baking is finished, remove from oven, and turn oven onto broil. Broil the cheesecake just until the top begins to show attractive brown spots.

7. 7

   Refrigerate for 4 hours, preferably overnight, before cutting and serving. This is not a low calorie version. Cut into small pieces - it is very rich. Serves 8-12.