Northwest Cheesecake Supreme (Stephanie’s)

Ingredients

  • Crust:
  • 1-1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
  • Filling:
  • 4 8 ounce packages Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 21-ounce can cherry pie filling

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325*.

Crust:
Combine crumbs, sugar and margarine.
Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
Bake at 325* for 10 minutes.

Filling:
Combine cream cheese, sugar and flour, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Blend in sour cream and vanilla.
Pour over crust.
Bake at 450*, 10 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 250*, continue baking 1 hour.
Loosen caked from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
Chill.
Top with pie filling just before serving.