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Eleanor Murphy's Easy Cheesecake




Source of Recipe


From my good friend


Recipe Introduction


Eleanor's son brought this recipe home from college many years ago. He had dinner at a college friends home in Va.


List of Ingredients




24 ounces of cream cheese
1 c. sugar
5 eggs
3/4 tsp vanilla

Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add sugar and then add eggs one at a time.

Pour into a 9 inch springform pan.

Put in a cold oven. (very important)

Turn over to 325 degrees and bake for 45 minutes.

Cool for 20 minutes.


Topping:
1 pint of sour cream
1/2 tsp almond extract
3 T. sugar

Mix together and spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 minutes at 325.

Refrigerate overnite.









Recipe



Strawberry topping.

1 10 0z pkg of frozen strawberries thawed and drained (save juice)
1/4 c. sugar
2 T. cornstarch

Add water to strawberry syrup to make 1 1/4 cups.
Mix sugar and cornstarch in saucepan; stir in juice.
Heat to boiling. Add strawberries. Boil 1 minute.
Cool.

Serve this on the side or on top of the cheesecake.