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Key Lime Cheesecake




Source of Recipe


Southern Living 3/03






List of Ingredients



• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  
• 1/4 cup sugar
  
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
  
• 3 (8 oz) pkgs cream cheese, softened
  
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
  
• 3 large eggs
  
• 1 (8 oz) container sour cream
  
• 1 1/2 tsp grated lime rind
  
• 1/2 cup Key lime juice
  






Instructions



1. Stir together first 3 ingredients, and firmly press on bottom and 1" up sides of a greased 9" springform pan.
   
2. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes; cool.
   
3. Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in sour cream, rind, and juice. Pour batter into crust.
   
4. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes; turn oven off. Partially open oven door; let stand in oven 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and immediately run a knife around edge of pan, releasing sides.
   
5. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cover and chill 8 hours.