Recipe for "cheesecake-4"

NAME

     CHEESECAKE-4 - Ultimate cheesecake
     This recipe is the original creation  of  a  co-worker,  Don
     Chaney.   I consider myself a cheesecake gourmet, and I rate
     this recipe as 8.5 out of 10 (However, there are  no  10's).
     The recipe is so simple, I almost feel guilty serving it.

INGREDIENTS (One cheesecake)

          CRUST
     90 g      butter, melted
     5 ml      cinnamon
     35 g      sugar
     180 g     graham cracker crumbs
          FILLING
     700 g     cream cheese, at room temperature
     3         large eggs, at room temperature
     200 g     sugar
     2.5 ml    vanilla extract
          TOPPING
     500 ml    sour cream
     2.5 ml    vanilla
     50 ml     sugar

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Preheat oven to 190 deg. C.
          (2)  Mix crust ingredients.  Press into springform  pan
               on bottom and sides.
          (3)  Mix filling ingredients and pour into  pan.   Make
               sure all ingredients are room temperature.
          (4)  Bake 30-35 minutes, or until slightly browned.
          (5)  Remove cake from oven, and increase oven  tempera-
               ture  to 260 deg. C.  Mix topping ingredients, and
               gently spread on top of cake.  Return cake to  260
               deg. C oven for five mins.
          (6)  Remove from oven, cool to  room  temperature,  and
               chill overnight. Serve cold.

NOTES

     Variations: Crush some walnuts into the crust.  Pour  a  can
     of  cherry  or  blueberry pie filling over the chilled cake,
     then chill again.  Put 30-50 ml  of  your  favorite  liqueur
     into the cake filling.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy to moderate.  Time: 10 minutes preparation,
     40  minutes  baking,  overnight cooling.  Precision: measure
     the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Brian G. Gordon
     CAE Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc., Santa Clara CA
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