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Easy Graham Crust Cheesecake

Crust:
1 ½ cups (9 to 10 graham cracker, crushed into crumbs.)
¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
5 ⅓ (⅓ cup) butter melted
⅛ teaspoon salt
Optional topping -
            strawberries

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Filling:
2 cups (about 1 large package) cream cheese, softened to room temperature
2 large eggs, at room temperature
⅔ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract​
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350o. Mix together the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter, and salt.  Your hands make the best mixer (make sure you wash your hands before this step).  Once the crust mixture is ready, press it onto the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pan. Set aside.

​ In an electric mixer, mix together the cream cheese and sugar, until no lumps remain.  Add your eggs and vanilla extract. To avoid too much air getting into the batter, mix on a low speed. Pour the filling into the crust and bake for 20 minutes.

Take a Crust Shield or make your own out of aluminum foil (rap it around the edge of the pan so the crust does not burn, but the filling cooks.) Once you have your crust shielded, put the cheesecake back in the oven for 10 minutes. When the cheesecake is done baking, the middle will look slightly undone, but it will set once cooled. Take the cheesecake out of the oven and place on a wire rack until cooled. You can put it into the refrigerator until ready to serve.
  • Home
    • The "Best Ever" Dinner Party!
    • Structuring the Evening
    • Diane & Jerry's Socially Distanced Thanksgiving
    • A Gregory Virtual Food Event
    • The Joy of Meals with Friends
    • Expeimenting with new recipes
    • Fat Tuscan - Cooking Class
    • A New Style Church Dinner
    • Camp Cooking
    • Sushi Feast
  • The Young Cook
    • Willow
    • Ryan - A Talented Cook >
      • Ryan's Menu
      • Sausage and Potatoes, Onions, and Peppers
      • Lemon Bars
    • Veronica
  • Menus
    • Menu #1 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 1
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Peach and Blueberry Crisp
    • Menu #2 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 2
      • Risotto with Peas
      • Chicken Saltimbocca
      • Tiramisu
    • Menu #3 >
      • Shopping list - Menu 3
      • Broccoli & Squash Soup
      • Salmon en Papillote
      • Creamy Brandied Cherries
    • Menu #4 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 4
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Paella
      • Pineapple Coconut Crumble
    • Menu #5 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 5
      • Citrus Avocado Lettuce Salad
      • Shrimp with Feta Cheese and Orzo
      • Pears with Raspberry Sauce
    • Menu #6 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 6
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Moroccan Turkey Stew
      • Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
    • Menu #7 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 7
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Chicken with Goat Cheese
      • DOUBLE CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE
    • Menu # 8 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Orange-Raisin Chicken with Toasted Cashews
      • Nutty Brownies
    • Menu # 9 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Waldorf Salad
      • Baked Fish with Ripe Olives and Feta
      • Chocolate-Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
    • Menu #10 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 10
      • Squash Mushroom Soup
      • Quinoa Salad
      • Banana Strawberry Frozen Dessert
  • Recipes
    • Salads >
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Caramelized Shallot Salad
      • Green Waldorf Salad
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Hurricane Salade Niçoise
    • Vegetables & Legumes >
      • Les Trois Pommes
      • Pasta Primavera
      • Brandied Winter Squash
      • Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese
      • The Best Sweet Potaoto Wedges
      • Sweet Potato Salad
      • Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burrito
      • Cuban Black Beans
      • Sautéed Tofu with Broccoli in Chili-Orange Sauce
      • Willow's Tuna Cakes
      • Brussels Sprouts
      • Quinoa Primavera
      • Spinach, Mushrooms, and Red Peppers
    • Grains & Potatoes >
      • Pesto Bruschetta
      • Fruit and Nut Tabouli
    • Tofu & Eggs >
      • Impossible Quiche
    • Soup >
      • Chicken Soup
      • Potato and White Bean Puttanesca Soup
      • Squash & Mushroom Soup
      • Parsnip Soup with Walnut Pesto
      • Corn Chowder
      • Lemony Shrimp & Bean Soup
      • Turkey Mushroom Rice Soup
      • Pear & Carrot Soup
      • Lentil Soup
      • Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Onion Soup
      • Avocado Cucumber Soup
    • Seafood >
      • Fish with Pesto
      • Fish with Lemon Garlic Sauce
      • Flavorful Shrimp
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Sesame Stir-Fry Shrimp and Spinach
      • A Great Lobster Roll
    • Meat & Poultry >
      • Chicken, Apricots, Sweet Potatoes, & Prunes
      • Hurricane Chicken Salad
      • Sweet Potato, Turkey, & Peanut Stew
      • Shepherd's Pie >
        • Shopping List - Shepherds Pie
    • Sweets & Breads >
      • Sun-Dried Tomato Cheese Bread
      • Ryan's Cranberry Sauce
      • Chocolate Prune Cake
      • Pear & Custard Dessert
      • Chocolate Yogurt Pavlova
      • Banana-Walnut Souffle >
        • Shopping list - Banana Souffle
      • Powerful Bran Muffins
      • Easy Graham Crust Cheesecake
      • Orange Walnut Torte
      • Nuts - 2 Ways
  • Blog
  • Your Ideas
    • Kosher Foods
    • Ashima's Tasty Cuisine
    • Jessica's Herbs & Peppers
    • Maureen & the Air Fryer
    • Ohan's Perfect Steak
    • Myra's Recipes
    • Ron's Sweet Potato
    • Sallie's Quinoa Salad
    • Ron & Brenda's Puttanesca on Coucous
    • Julie's Crunchy Cheese Snack