Cheese Cake (Aunt Ludge's)

Ingredients

  • Mix crust ingredients in 9x13 Pyrex glass baking dish.
  • 1/4 lb melted butter, cooled
  • 1/2 C sugar
  • 1 egg, unbeaten
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 1 C flour
  • Filling
  • 1 lb cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 C sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1/2 pint sour cream
  • 2 T flour
  • 1 1/2 C milk
  • 1 t van x
  • Pineapple topping
  • 1/3 C sugar
  • 2 T cornstarch
  • 1 (20 oz) unsweetened crushed pineapple
  • 1 T lemon juice
  • 1 t butter

Preparation

Step 1

Press crust mixture into bottom of glass pan using well floured hands! Cream cream cheese & sugar well. Add eggs, one at a time. Add sour cream, flour, milk & van x. Pour over crust. Sprinkle w/ cinnamon (opt). Bake 10 mins @ 300, then 1 hour @275. Cool & place in refrigerator for @ least 8 hours.

For Pineapple topping:
In med. saucepan, stir sugar & cornstarch. Drain the pineapple then add the juice to the sugar/cornstarch. Stir in lemon juice & blend. Cook over med heat, stirring constantly til mix is thickened. Add pineapple & butter & remove from heat. Cool to rm temp. then spread onto cooked, cooled cheese cake.