Banana-walnut Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 4 eggs
• 1 banana, well mashed
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 to make crust: blend crumbs, walnuts, sugar, cinnamon.
• 3 mix in melted butter until mixture is crumbly.
• 4 press mixture into bottom of 9 inch springform pan.
• 5 bake 5 minutes. cool.
• 6 to make filling: beat cream cheese until light.
• 7 add sugars.
• 8 add 1 egg at a time taking care not to over mix.
• 9 add zest, vanilla, and cinnamon.
• 10 stir in well mashed banana until incorporated.
• 11 pour into cooled pan.
• 12 bake 20 minutes at 325°f.
• 13 rotate pan and bake 25 minutes at 275°f.
• 14 rotate pan and bake at 225f until center is just set approximately 15 minutes longer.
• 15 let cool in oven until room temperature. set in refrigerator until well chilled.