Easy Homemade Cheesecake

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 1 tsp Lemon juice

• Baking & Spices

  • 3 4 + 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 pinch Cinnamon
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 2 tsp Vanilla

• Snacks

  • 5 oz Graham crackers

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 3 8-ounce blocks Cream cheese
  • 1 pint Sour cream

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Description

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 5 ounces of crushed graham crackers (about the size of one package in a box containing three)
• pinch of cinnamon
• 3 8-ounce blocks of cream cheese
• 3/4 + 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla, divided
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 pint of sour cream

Directions

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Once butter melts, add crushed graham crackers and cinnamon. Stir to combine, trying to to coat the graham crackers with butter.
• Cook until slightly browned and semi-soft.
• Spray a springform pan with cooking spray, and line the bottom of the springform pan with the cooked, crushed graham crackers. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, 3/4 cup of sugar, lemon juice, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, and pinch of salt. Beat until smooth, and then pour into springform pan on top of the graham crackers.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool for two hours.
• Combine the sour cream, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla in a large bowl. Beat until smooth and pour on top of the cake.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven, cool completely, and refrigerate overnight and until ready to serve.