Key Lime Cheesecake

By á-6706

Ingredients

• 2 - 8oz pkg cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 - 8 oz pkg sour cream, room temperature
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1/2 tsp vanilla flavoring
• 1 Tbsp zest from lime, one if a large lime, if small it may take two or three
• juice of 1 lime
• 1/2 c sugar or splenda
• add a few teaspoons of flour if mixture is too thin, i use cake flour if i have it, if not i use self-rising flour
• CRUST
• 1 1/2 c graham crackers, crushed
• 1/2 c melted butter
• 1/4 c sugar or splenda

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat ove to 350. Prepare crust, mix all ingredients for crust, press onto bottom and sides of springform pan, bake in 350 degree oven for 10 minutes, remove and allow to cool for 10 minutes

Cream together cream cheese, sour cream and sugar or splenda in a large bowl, do not over mix, but batter should be smooth without any lumps

Add eggs one at a time, making sure to incorporate each one before adding the next

Add vanilla flavoring, lime zest and lime juice

Pour into baked and cooled crust. Place into heated oven and bake for 45 min or until it is only slightly jiggly in the center. I always use a water bath when baking cheesecakes by placing a heat proof bowl filled with water inside the oven on the rack below the cheesecake.