Tommies Cheese Cake
Ingredients:
CRUST
10 whole chocolate graham crackers, finely
crushed (1 ‘/ cups) 14 cups of ground pecans 4 tablespoons of sugar 14 teaspoons of ground cinnamon 7 tablespoons of unsalted butter
(at room temperature)
Filling
4 packages of 8- ounce cream cheese
(at room temperature) 1 Vt cup of sugar 4 eggs 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon of vanilla
DIRECTIONS:
Prepare crust. Place graham cracker crumbs in a medium size bowl. Add pecans, sugar and cinnamon. Stir to mix well. Add butter and mix until well blended. Scatter crumbs mixture over bottom of 9-inch spring form pan. Press mixture evenly over bottom and vanilla. Beat until blended; pour cheese filling evenly into crust. Bake cheesecake in heated oven at 350 degrees over 50 to 60 minutes. Remove pan to wire rack to cool completely. Refrigerate at least 10 hours before serving. Remove sides of pan and cut cake into wedges.
