Summer Cheesecake

Filed Under (Recipes) by delicate on 15-02-2008

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar, plus
  • 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
  • 4 (8ounce)packages cream cheese, softened
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons finely grated lemons, zest of
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sliced strawberries
  • 1 cup sliced nectarines

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 325.
  2. Grease a 9-inch springform pan.
  3. Mix cracker crumbs, melted butter, and 2 tablespoons sugar in a large bowl until crumbly.
  4. Press mixture into prepared pan.
  5. Bake for 10 minutes.
  6. Let cool completely.
  7. Beat cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer set on medium-high for 2 minutes.
  8. Beat in 1 cup sugar.
  9. Add flour and lemon zest; beat until combined.
  10. On low speed, beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  11. Add sour cream and vanilla; beat until blended.
  12. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  13. Bake cheesecake until center is almost set, about 1 hour.
  14. Let cool completely.
  15. Loosen cheesecake from side of pan with a knife and remove the pan side.
  16. Arrange strawberries and nectarines over top.

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