Monday, December 27, 2010

Mom's Cheesecake

Ingredients
4 eggs
1 c sugar
Juice of one lemon
1 lb cottage cheese
1 lb cream cheese
1 pt sour cream
2 T flour
2 T cornstarch
1 t vanilla
1/4 lb melted butter
16 graham crackers

Steps
Crush 16 graham crackers and mix with 3 T butter. Reserve 1/2 c of mixture for top of cake.
Press crumbs into bottom of spring form pan. Mix eggs and sugar. Mash cheeses well. Add cheese and sugar, egg, then all. Electric mixer until fairly smooth. Add melted butter last. Batter is loose. Crumb over top. Bake 60 minutes. Turn off oven. Leave cake in oven for 2 hours.

From the kitchen of Susan McGowan