Aunt Marlene's Cheesecake With Cinnamon Graham Crust
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 3 eggs, well beaten
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, not kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups sour cream (1 1/2 pints)
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled (or blueberries)
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 dash red food coloring, if using strawberries
Recipe
- 1 heat oven to 375 degrees and place oven rack in the middle of the oven.
- 2 throughly mix ingredients for crust.
- 3 press them into the bottom of a 9" spring form pan (10" ok too). do sides too if you can.
- 4 chill the crust about one hour or more.
- 5 combine eggs, cream cheese, sugar, salt, flour, vanilla extract, almond extract and beat until smooth with an electric mixer at medium speed.
- 6 now blend in sour cream. don't over beat the mixture as this causes air to get into the batter and causes cracks later.
- 7 pour this mixture into the crust and bake, on a middle oven rack about 60 minutes, until it sets. it will lightly brown and not jiggle much when moved. (i used a cookie sheet with some water in it and i put foil around the bottom of the spring form pan). do not open the oven within the first 30 minutes of cooking.
- 8 let cake cool on a wire rack at room temperature completely, and then chill in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours.
- 9 invert the cake to serve, so that the crumbs are on the top. serve like this or with the glaze on top or along side.
- 10 for the glaze: cook the berries in 3/4 cup water until simmering.
- 11 mix cornstarch with 1/4 cup water and pour into berry mixture and add sugar. bring to a boil, stir constantly, until thick and clear, a couple of minutes. add the red food coloring if using strawberries.
- 12 chill the glaze and coat the top of the cake or serve along side the cake.
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