Cranberry Cheesecake
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 1 c. graham cracker crumbs
- 4 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese (room temperature)
- 1 c. sugar
- 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp. grated lemon zest
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 c. sour cream
- 1 c. jellied cranberry sauce
- Heat oven to 325u0b0.
- Butter a 9-inch spring-form pan and wrap outside in 2 layers of foil.
- Melt the butter; toss melted with crumbs.
- Press onto bottom of prepared pan.
- Put cream cheese and sugar in a food processor and whir until very smooth.
- Add add remaining ingredients except cranberry sauce.
- Process just until smooth.
- Reserve 1/4 cup of the cheese mixture and pour the rest into the spring-form pan.
- Combine cranberry sauce and reserved cheesecake mixture in food processor and pulse until blended.
- Pour this mixture onto cheesecake in a spiral.
- Put a chopstick or skewer into mixture and draw circles along cranberry spiral to form a swirl pattern.
- Put spring-form pan in a larger pan.
- Fill halfway with warm water to form a water bath.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out only slightly moist, 1 3/4 to 2 hours.
- Turn off heat and let cake cool in oven with door ajar 1 hour.
- Remove cake and let cool completely.
- Refrigerate overnight.
butter, graham cracker crumbs, cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla extract, eggs, sour cream, cranberry sauce
Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=289175 (may not work)