The Frugal Gourmet's New York Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°
• 2 mix together the cracker crumbs, ¼ cup sugar, and ¼ cup melted butter, and line the bottom of an 8- or 9-inch ungreased spring-form pan.
• 3 blend sour cream, ½ cup sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a blender for 1 minute. add the cream cheese. blend until smooth.
• 4 pour 2 tablespoons melted butter through the top of the machine. blend and pour into the spring-form pan.
• 5 bake in the lower third of a 350° oven for 45 minutes.
• 6 when baking is finished, turn oven on to broil. broil the cheesecake until the top begins to show attractive spots of brown. remove from oven.
• 7 refrigerate for 4 hours, preferably overnight, before cutting and serving.