New York Style Cheesecake

• 26 butter cookies, about 1 1/4 cups
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 room temp eggs
• 12 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 packages cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 teaspoons lemons, zest of
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 12 cup sour cream

1. Heat the oven to 325 degrees.
2. Melt 3 T of butter, and mix with crushed butter cookies.
3. Melt remaining butter and brush the bottom and sides of you pan.
4. (I use a spring form pan) Bake crust for 8 minutes.
5. In small bowl, combine eggs and vanilla, set aside.
6. In larger bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, flour, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
7. Add egg mixture, mixing for 2 minutes.
8. Fold in sour cream.
9. Pour the mixture onto the crust and bake for 55-60.
10. Cheese cake is done when there is a slight crack in the top.
11. Cool completely, remove sides of springform pan and regfrigerate for at least four hours.

butter cookies, butter, eggs, vanilla, cream cheese, sugar, flour, lemons, lemon juice, sour cream

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/new-york-style-cheesecake-81407 (may not work)