River Road Cheesecake

Submitted by gailanng

"I've been making this cheese cake for 30+ years. That would take me back to about...oooooooohhhh when I was about 5!!!!!!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• Crust

• 1 1⁄2 cups graham cracker crumbs or 1 1/2 cups finely crumbed vanilla wafers
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted

• Filling

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened (chilled cream cheese results in a grainy texture)
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3⁄4 cup sugar

• Topping

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 16 ounces sour cream

directions

1. Preheat over 350 degrees.
2. Butter bottom of 9" springform pan. Mix together crust ingredients and press onto bottom of pan.
3. Cream the cream cheese with electric mixer until light and fluffy (medium speed for 8-10 minutes); add 3/4 cup sugar. Beat until incorporated, occasionally scraping sides of bowl.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing just until blended.
5. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour into prepared pan; bake approximately 35-40 minutes. Approximately three inches from the sides should be firm with the center jiggly.
6. In the meantime, in a small bowl combine topping ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves; set aside.
7. After baking remove pan from oven and carefully spread sour cream topping beginning from the outer edge towards center. Return to oven for 10 minutes; remove and let cool to room temperature. Chill.

Reviews

[LilPinkieJ]

Very very yummy. I made it with nilla wafers, and everyone loved the change of pace from the usual mushy graham cracker crust. I'm glad you had the tip about the grainy texture, which explains my previous tries at cheesecake. The topping was nice and creamy. I followed your picture and put fresh strawberries and raspberries on top. It was very good and I will be making this again soon. Made and Reviewed for Everyday Holiday tag. Thanks! :)

 

[JackieOhNo!]

Delightful! This cheesecake is actually very light in texture. It is smooth and creamy and everything you want a cheesecake to be. I will be making this often. Thanks so much for sharing this keeper! Made for Everyday's a Holiday Tag Game.

 

[Jane Abel]

I, too, have been using this recipe since infancy! It's the ONLY cheesecake recipe I use. If you follow it exactly you will have a perfect product. I especially appreciated the notes about the temperature of the ingredients. So true. Enjoy! And thanks for posting this so I can share easily with others.

 

[Silent Whispers]

I made exactly as written. Although I thought that was a huge amount of sour cream for the topping.... This cheesecake was perfect.

 

[Sydney Mike]

DEFINITELY A GREAT CHEESECAKE! I made this using vanilla wafers instead of the usual graham cracker crust & it was wonderful! Very easy to put together & we really did enjoy the simple flavor of this dessert! I did have a blueberry & peach combo that we used to top a few pieces (& that was nice), but this really is wonderful, just plain cheesecake & the recipe is a definite keeper! Thanks for sharing it! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Please Review My Recipe]