Best Creamy Cheesecake Recipe from "The Home Show"

Best Creamy Cheesecake Recipe is an adaptation of the famous cheesecake recipe from the "Home Show" TV morning show. 

This is my very favorite cheesecake. It's so rich and delicious!

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THE "HOME SHOW" CHEESECAKE

Cheesecake filling:

1 16-oz container cottage cheese (small curd)

2 pkg cream cheese, softened

1 8-oz container sour cream

4 eggs, slightly beaten

1 tsp butter, room temperature (optional)

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon cornstarch

Blend all ingredients together with mixer and pour into graham cracker crust. (Recipe below.) Bake in 200° oven for about two hours. Let cool and refrigerate. Add cherry fruit topping if desired.

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Graham Cracker Crust

6 tablespoons butter, melted

24 graham crackers (gluten-free graham crackers can be substituted)

1/4 cup sugar

Instructions:

In a small saucepan or the microwave, melt the butter but do not brown it.

Place about 24 graham crackers in a plastic bag. Roll with a rolling pin until the crackers are finely crushed. This may be done separately in small batches if the bag is too small.

Measure 1 1/2 cups of the graham cracker crumbs into a medium bowl. Add 1/4 cup of sugar to the graham crackers. Add the melted butter. Stir or blend together by hand. Press the cracker mixture into a pie plate or other pan until pressed down firmly and evenly (the flat bottom of a measuring cup can be used for this purpose.

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Cherry Topping (Optional)

1 lb can of dark sweet cherries

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1/2 cup sugar

Amaretto or raspberry syrup

Pour juice from cherries into small saucepan. Reserve cherries in bowl. Mix the juice with cornstarch, sugar, and Amaretto or raspberry syrup. Thicken and then let cool. Spread over cheesecake.

Prepared canned cherry pie or blueberry filling may be used instead.

Comstock and Wilderness brand pie fillings are gluten-free. Always check label ingredients, however. For gluten-free you can use Bob's Red Mill 1-for-1 Flour or other GF flour of your choice. 

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