New York Style Vanilla Cheesecake
New York Style Vanilla Cheesecake
This classic New York-style cheesecake is rich and dense. Follow the cooling directions to prevent the top from cracking.Recipe courtesy of McCormick
Prep Time
15
minutes
Cook Time
1
hour
Servings
12
Total time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/4 cups sugar, divided
- 1 and 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon mccormick all natural pure vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (or to 325°F if using a dark nonstick springform pan).
- Mix crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and butter in small bowl.
- Press evenly into bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
- Set aside.
- Beat cream cheese, remaining 1 cup sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until well blended.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended.
- Gently stir in sour cream.
- Pour into crust.
- Bake 1 hour or until center is almost set.
- Turn off oven.
- Leave cheesecake in oven 1 hour.
- Remove from oven.
- Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
- Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
- Run small knife around sides of pan to loosen crust; remove sides of pan.
- Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.