Cheesecake - Lemon

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 3 whole large eggs (or 4 large eggs)
• sweetened whipped cream
• julienned candied lime peel (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 c.).
• 2 combine crumbs, butter and 1 tbsp (15 ml) sugar in a bowl. stir well to coat all crumbs.
• 3 press the crumbs onto the bottom of an 8" springform pan.
• 4 bake crust for 5 minutes and set aside.
• 5 in large deep mixing bowl combine cream cheese, 1 cup (225 ml) sugar and the vanilla; beat until smooth.
• 6 add key lime juice and beaten eggs and continue to beat until smooth and creamy.
• 7 pour filling onto baked crust.
• 8 bake for 60 to 70 minutes.
• 9 if top turns light brown, it's done.
• 10 remove from the oven and cut cake loose where it is attached to sides of pan and cool until it reaches room temperature.
• 11 place in the fridgerator to chill.
• 12 when chilled, remove the springform pan sides and cut.
• 13 serve with sweetened whipped cream and the lime strips is used.