Grammy's Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
6 eggs, separated
1 pint sour cream
3 (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese
3 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 pound (1 stick) butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/3 cup flour
2 teaspoons vanilla
grated lemon rind
juice of 1/2 lemon

Preparation

Step 1

Grease a springform pan. Combine crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and butter; mix well. Place 3/4 of the crumbs into pan, and chill well. Reserve the rest for the top.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and mix well. Add egg yolks, and mix again. Stir in sour cream, flour, vanilla, lemon rind and juice of 1/2 lemon; mix until smooth.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; fold them into the batter. Pour all into the shell.

Bake 1 1/4 hours at 350 degrees. Turn off the oven and let the cake cool in there for another hour or so. Cool at room temperature. Sprinkle with remaining cracker crumbs.