Key Lime Cheesecake

By zircon50

Ingredients

• CRUST:
• 1 1/2 cups fine, graham cracker crumbs
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• FILLING:
• 20 oz. packaged cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 Tablespoons flour
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cups Key Lime juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degree.

CRUST:
Stir together the graham cracker crumbs and sugar. Add the butter, mix well and pat onto the bottom and sides of a buttered 9-inch spring-form pan. Tightly cover the bottom and sides of pan with aluminum foil. Bake crust for 8 minutes.

FILLING:
Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
Beat in the sour cream, flour, add eggs one at a time, the Key Lime juice, and the vanilla.

Pour filling over the baked crust, and bake in a water bath pan for 15 minutes at 375 degrees. Reduce the temperature to 250 degrees, and bske for an additional 50-55 minutes, or until the center is barely set.

Chill for at least 4 hours before serving.