Villa Park House

Spring Lake, New Jersey

Specialty Recipe

Cheese Cake

Ingredients - Filling:

Four 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened

6 eggs

2-1/2 cups white sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

One 16-ounce container sour cream

Ingredients - Crust:

1/3 to 1/2 package graham cracker crumbs

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 pound butter, melted

Mix cheese, eggs, sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Add sour cream and mix with a spoon.

Mix crust ingredients right in the ungreased springform pan with hands. Pat down hard. Pour filling in on top of crust. Cover bottom of pan with aluminum foil because it drips. Bake at 350 to 375 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. Cool for 1 hour or completely cover with foil and put right in the refrigerator. It must cool in refrigerator for at least 12 hours to be at its best taste.

You can use chocolate cookies for crust. You can use a topping of fruit. You can put topping of 1 container sour cream mixed with 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla (bake 10 minutes more for sour cream topping).

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