Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 2 recipe by southern living
- 16 oz commercial sour cream
- 2 c strawberries (whole)
- 1 1/2 c sugar
- 16 oz cream-style cottage cheese
- 16 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 c butter
- 3/8 c cornstarch
- 2 tb lemon juice
- 2 tb graham cracker crumbs
- 1 ts vanilla extract
Grease a 9-inch springform pan; dust with graham cracker crumbs. Combine cheeses; beat at high speed of an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream, butter, cornstarch, lemon juice, and vanilla; beat at low speed until mixture is smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Turn oven off; leave cheesecake in oven 2 hours. Let cool to room temperature on a wire rack; cover and chill at least 8 hours. Arrange whole strawberries on top of cheesecake; drizzle with Strawberry Glaze or Blueberry Glaze. Chill Recipe continues on Fruit-Glazed Cheesecake-Part 2. ----