Our Best Cheesecake

By paulmartinjr

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs
• 1 /3 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
• 3 (8 ounce) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix graham crumbs, butter and 1/4 cup sugar; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.
Top with pie filling before serving.