New York Style Cheesecake (7-inch)

By Addie

Ingredients

• CRUST:
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 3 Tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
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• FILLING:
• 2 8-oz packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 3-oz package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup sour cream

Preparation

Step 1

CRUST:
Stir together crust ingredients. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and sidea of a lightly greased 7-inch springform pan. Bake crust at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.


FILLING:
Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until very smooth. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 Tablespoon flour, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; beat until blended. Add egg, beating well until blended. Add sour cream and beat just until blended. DO NOT OVERBEAT - this causes too much air in the filling which makes the filling crack when baked.

BAKE:
Pour mixture into prepared crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until center is almost set. (Center will still jiggle a bit but will finish baking out of the oven.) Remove cheesecake fromoven and cool on wire rack.
Cover and chill 8 hours.

Gently run a knife around the edge of the cheesecake to release the sides of the pan. Top with cherry pie filling. Makes one 7-inch cheesecake.