My Easy Cheesecake Recipe

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Here's my Easy Cheesecake Recipe

This cheesecake recipe is so easy that even my husband can do them. And he has! (His specialties are boxed mac-n-cheese, Ramen noodles and frozen pizza!)

This recipe is in my cookbook. I first tasted it when my mother made it. It's always a hit at our church's cheesecake dessert dinner we have each year.

The Blueberry / Cherry Cheesecake Recipe

Prep time: 20 minutes

Baking time: 55 minutes.

Blueberry (or Cherry) Cheesecake Recipe

From the
Rural Route 2 Cookbook


Crust:
2 packages of graham crackers (18 "cracker sheets")

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine

Batter:
8 ounces of cream cheese (softened)
1 egg
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened, condensed milk
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 can (21 ounces) of blueberry or cherry pie filling

Crush the graham crackers (I put 4 or 5 "cracker sheets" at a time into a sturdy plastic freezer bag and crush them with a rolling pin). Put cracker crumbs into a medium-sized bowl and pour melted butter/margarine over the crumbs. Mix thoroughly. Press into a 9x13 ungreased pan.

Use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until smooth (a minute or two). Add the lemon juice and egg and beat on high speed for another minute.

Pour the batter over the graham cracker crust. Drop the canned pie filling into the batter by spoonfuls at evenly-placed intervals.

Bake at 300 degrees for 55 minutes.

Allow to cool completely before cutting. Store in the refrigerator.

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What's Your Favorite Cheesecake?

  • Blessedmombygrace Jul 4, 2011 @ 2:40 pm | delete
    Any cheesecake! This recipe looks simple and yummy!
  • RuralRoute2 Jul 4, 2011 @ 8:42 pm | delete
    It is easy. Like I wrote in the intro, my husband has made it.
  • ftuley Mar 22, 2011 @ 7:28 pm | delete
    I want to try it. Yummm

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LeAnn R. Ralph is a writer and newspaper reporter who lives in west central Wisconsin in the house her folks built (on Rural Route 2) when they retired... more »

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