$3,000,000 Cheesecake

For those people who don't have large families and don't want to make a "whole cheesecake," this recipe is just as good but only half the size of the $6 million dollar cheesecake. It is baked in a 10-inch pie plate.


$3,000,000 Cheesecake

CRUST:

6 Tbs Butter

1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. Cinnamon

FILLING:

1 lb. Cream cheese (preferably Philadelphia brand)

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp almond extract

TOPPING:

1/2 pint sour cream

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 tsp almond extract

1/4 tsp lemon juice

Melt butter, mix together with remaining crust ingredients in 10" glass pie pan (I usually just nuke the butter on a low setting in the pan and then add remaining crust ingredients). Press to form crust.  Mix filling ingredients until smooth, pour into crust.  Place in cold oven.  Turn to 350° degrees.  Bake for 20 minutes.  Mix topping ingredients together, pour over cake and bake for an additional 8 minutes.  Cool at room temperature for about one hour, then chill for at least four hours before serving.  Can be topped with cherry, strawberry, etc. toppings.

Note:  for ease in serving, dip bottom of pie plate in hot water for about 15 seconds so crust doesn't stick to pan, then cut and serve.

My nieces Treeva and Teena at Indian Beach, Ecola State Park