Chef Jim's Favourite Cheesecake

By JimMac

Ingredients

• 1 cup HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 ounces butter or margarine, melted
• 5 (8 ounce) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
• 4 eggs

Details

Adapted from thefoodnetwork.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F if using a silver 9-inch spring form pan (or to 300 degrees F if using a dark nonstick 9-inch spring form pan). Mix crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press firmly onto bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes.

Beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.

Bake 1 hour 10 minutes or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.