New York Cheesecake

By Jaclyn

Ingredients

• 1 lb cottage cheese, creamed
• 1 lb cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 T flour
• 3 T cornstarch
• 1 stick butter melted
• 1 pint sour cream
• strawberry or raspberry preserves if desired

Preparation

Step 1

1. Cream cheeses. Add sugar, continually beating
2. Beat eggs until light and add to mixture, beating until smooth.
3. Stir in lemon juice, vanilla, flour, and cornstarch.
4. Add melted butter and mix until smooth.
5. Blend in sour cream and beat well.
6. Pour into 10 in spring form pan and bake at 325 for 1 hour. Turn oven off and allow cake to remain in over for 2 hours longer. DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR FOR ENTIRE THREE HOURS.
7. Cool about 6 hours before taking sides off pan.

Will keep for 10 days.