Boston Cheesecake 1989

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups vanilla wafers, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup fresh sour cream
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs, separated
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of
• powdered sugar (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease 9 inch spring form pan lightly.
• 2 melt butter, add the vanilla cookie crumbs and spices, mix well and press into your prepared tin, set aside.
• 3 beat the cream cheese and sour sream until smooth. add in 1/3 cup of the sugar and beat well. add the egg yolks, flour, extract zest and juice. mix until smooth. do not overbeat at this point.
• 4 in another bowl whip egg whites until foamy and add remaining 1/3 cup sugar and whip until soft peaks. fold whites into the already made batter.
• 5 spoon nicely into the prepared set aside crust.
• 6 bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until set.
• 7 cool completely on rack on countertop. run a knife around outer edges. chill, and then remove sides at time of serving.
• 8 garnish with a light sifting of powdered icing sugar.