Sour Cream Cheesecake

Name: Sour Cream Cheesecake
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup Graham crackers crumbs; 1/4 cup Walnuts, finely chopped; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon; 1/2 cup Butter, melted; 16 oz Cream cheese, softened; 1 cup Sugar; 2 tbsp Flour; 1 tsp Vanilla; 1 tsp Lemon peel, finely shredded; 2 Eggs; 1 Egg yolk; 1/2 tsp Orange peel, finely shredded; 1/4 cup Orange juice; 1 tbsp Corn starch; 1/4 tsp Cinnamon; 10 oz Frozen fruit, thawed (red raspberries, strawberries, or peaches); 1/4 cup Sugar, add to taste; 24 oz Sour cream

Heidi Lemberger @cook_3378926

Houston, Texas

With mixed berry fruit sauce

Heidi Lemberger @cook_3378926

Houston, Texas

With mixed berry fruit sauce

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Ingredients

12 servings

1 cupGraham crackers crumbs
1/4 cupWalnuts, finely chopped
1/2 tspCinnamon
1/2 cupButter, melted
16 ozCream cheese, softened
1 cupSugar
2 tbspFlour
1 tspVanilla
1 tspLemon peel, finely shredded
2Eggs
1Egg yolk
Fruit sauce
1/2 tspOrange peel, finely shredded
1/4 cupOrange juice
1 tbspCorn starch
1/4 tspCinnamon
10 ozFrozen fruit, thawed (red raspberries, strawberries, or peaches)
1/4 cupSugar, add to taste
24 ozSour cream

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 375°F.
For crust, combine crackers, nuts and cinnamon. Stir in butter. Reserve 1/4 cup mixture for topping. Press remaining onto bottom and 2 inches up the sides of an 8 or 9 inch springform pan.
2

In mixer bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, flour, vanilla and lemon peel. Beat until fluffy. Add eggs, yolk and sour cream, beating on low until just combined. Pour into crust lined pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs.
3

Place on a shallow baking pan in oven. Bake in 375 oven (55 min for 8 in pan) (50 min for 9 in pan) or until center appears nearly set when shaken. Cool 15 min. Loosen crust from sides of pan. Cool 30 more min. then remove sides of pan. Cool completely. Chill at least 4 hrs. Serve with fruit sauce.
4

For fruit sauce: in a saucepan, mix orange peel, orange juice and cinnamon. Stir in undrained fruit. Cook and stir until bubbly. Cook and stir 2 min more.