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"Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite."--Ruth Reichl

Grandma's Cheesecake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
14 graham crackers crushed
1/4 cup melted butter
12 oz of cream cheese
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
Topping
1 cup sour cream
3 1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Have ingredient at room temperature. Mix crushed crackers and add butter. Line the pie plate. combine cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Pour over cracker mixture and bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes.
Combine, sour cream, sugar and vanilla. Pour over cheese mixture and bake for 10 minutes. Refrigerate for 5 hours.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Grandpa Benjamin Lloyd "Pete" Shotwell had worked as a gardener for a very wealthy lady in Los Angeles.This recipe came from the cook of the lady he worked for.

 

 

 

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