Thursday, July 23, 2009

The best cheesecake ever

Fry's had Philadelphia cream cheese on sale for 89 cents this week and last, so between a couple of visits, I ended up with 6 packages of it. Obviously that called for a cheesecake!

I used the recipe found at http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/philadelphia-new-york-cheesecake-51183.aspx :
Prep Time: 15 min Total Time: 5 hr 25 min Makes: 16 servings

What You Need!

6 HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, crushed (about 1 cup)
3 Tbsp. sugar
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
5 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream 4 eggs 1 can
(21 oz.) cherry pie filling Make It!HEAT oven to 325°F.

MIX crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Bake 10 min.

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

BAKE 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with pie filling.

I would double the ingredients for the graham cracker crumb crust because it was pretty skimpy and I wouldn't change another thing. It was absolutely smooth and moist, honestly the best I've ever made or even eaten.

Kinda filling too.

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