====== Cheesecake ====== Preheat oven to 325 degrees, then 450, 250 HA! ---- Basic cheesecake, ready for topping with your favorite flavors ==== Ingredients ==== * 1 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs * 3 tablespoons Sugar * 3 tablespoons Butter, melted * 24 oz. Cream Cheese, softened * ¾ cup sugar * 3 Eggs * 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract ==== Directions ==== - Combine graham cracker crumbs, 3 Tbs sugar, and margarine - Press mixture into bottom of a 9 inch springform pan and bake at 325 for 10 minutes - Combine cream cheese and ¾ cup sugar and mix on medium speed until well blended - Add eggs one at a time, allowing each to be well mixed in before adding the next - Blend in vanilla - Pour over crust and bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes - reduce oven temp to 250 degrees and continue baking for another 25-30 minutes, until set - loosen from rim of pan, but do not remove rim completely until cake has cooled completely - chill cake for 2 hours before adding topping and serving