Our Best Cheesecake

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

This cheesecake recipe is easy to make with a rich, creamy filling in a graham cracker crust topped with a cherry topping for a showstopping dessert.

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
1/3 cup butter, melted
3 (8 ounce) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
2 Combine graham crumbs, ¼ cup sugar, and butter in a large bowl.
3 Press crumbs into bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
4 Beat cream cheese and remaining 1 cup sugar in large bowl with an electric mixer until blended; beat in sour cream and vanilla extract.
5 Beat in eggs, one at a time, on low speed, beating until just blended after each addition.
6 Pour mixture over crust.
7 Bake in the preheated oven until the center is almost set, 60 to 70 minutes. Run a knife around the rim of the pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake for 4 hours.
8 Top with pie filling before serving.