Mary Lou's Cheesecake

By brenda-2

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• Filling:
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 Tablespoons flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon lemon rind
• 5 8oz blocks softened cream cheese
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream-spread on cake at end of baking

Preparation

Step 1

Crust:
Combine ingredients and dust bottom and sides of greased 9" springform pan with mixture.

Filling:
Mix sugar, flour, salt and lemon rind. Gradually blend into cream cheese and beat until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add cream and vanilla and mix.

Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees 60-70 minutes or until set. Remove from oven; increase heat to 450 degrees. Spread sour cream over cheesecake and return to over for 5 minutes.

Cool, remove from pan and serve plain or garnished with fruit or chocolate.

Tips to keep your cheesecake from cracking:
-cook in a water bath, encasing springform pan in foil to
prevent water from entering pan
-run a knife around the cake sides when just out of oven
to release cake sides from pan before it cools
-open oven door at end of cooking time and allow cake
to cool on oven rack