Traditional Cheesecake

My Traditional Cheesecake recipe is a classic vanilla cheesecake with a graham cracker crust. It's creamy and smooth without being heavy.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American/Southern

Keyword blueberry, cheesecake, dessert

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 260kcal

Author Paula

Ingredients

Crust:

2 cups graham crackers crushed
1/2 cup sugar
6 tablespoons butter melted

Cheesecake:

3 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temp
1 and 1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 eggs room temp
1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping:

2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Combine all crust ingredients and press into and 8-inch spring form pan, set aside.
Blend 1 1/2 c sugar and all cream cheese in mixer, add salt. Beat until creamy and all lumps are out but don't over beat.
Add eggs, one at time until they are just combined.
Add vanilla.
Make sure the mixture is lump free and smooth.
Pour into an 8-inch spring form pan.
Bake 50 minutes at 350 degrees.
Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes. Combine topping ingredients and pour over cheesecake.
Return cheesecake to the oven set to 425 degrees for 10 minutes.
Cool completely about 2 hours before refrigerating.
Refrigerate 8 hours before slicing.

Notes

To prevent the cheesecake from cracking, I recommend adding a 'water bath' to the oven when cooking. Simply add about 2 inches of water to a casserole dish or baking pan and place it on the lowest rack in your oven. Place the cheesecake in the center rack above the cheesecake. Bake according to directions.Recipe from Paula @CallMePMc.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission that includes copying the ingredient list or entire recipe and posting in the comments on Pinterest for Facebook. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe.

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