Cheesecake

This is one of the very few things I have ever actually made from Southern Living.  I love Southern Living, but their recipes seem overly involved with too many spices that I would have to go buy.

Now, this has a lot of steps, but it is well worth it.  I have made this over and over again - without fail.

This was originally a Praline Crusted Cheesecake.  I used to have the recipe for the pralines.  That was a lot of work.

You can however put in pralines or any other candy in its place.

Ingredients

2 cups Pecan Sandies - crushed
2 TBS melted butter
5 packages of cream cheese
1 3/4 cup of sugar
2 TBS of Plain Flour
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
4 large eggs
2 egg yolks
1/3 cup whipping cream
16 oz of sour cream
1/3 cup of sugar

Directions

 1.  Combine cookie crumbs and butter
 2.  Press into bottom and up the sides of a greased springform pan
 3.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8 min
 4.  Cool on wire rack - *** if adding candy or pralines - sprinkle here - nice layer on top of crust
 5.  Beat cream cheese until creamy
 6.  gradually add 1 3/4 cups of sugar, flour, and vanilla
 7.  beat until smooth
 8.  add eggs and egg yolks 1 at a time - beating just until the yellow disappears
 9.  stir in whipping cream
10.  pour into crust
11.  place on a foil lines baking sheet
12.  bake at 350 degrees on lower rack for 10 min
13.  reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees and bake 1 hour and 20 min or until almost set
14.  cool on wire rack for 1 hour
15.  stir together sout cream and 1/3 cup of sugar
16.  spread over cheesecake
17.  bake at 325 degrees for 10 min
18.  cool on wire rack
19.  Cover and chill for 8 hours

** very thick and rich - cut small pieces