- 1 box of honey gram crackers
- 1 stick (1/2 cup butter), melted
- 1-1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
Filling
- 3 packages 8 ounce cream cheese
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 4 whole eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
Topping
- 2 cups sliced strawberries Or any kind of berry)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
First you want to preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Place gram crackers into a food processor and pulse until the crackers become crumbs. Then add butter and vanilla and pulse again until the mixture is combined. Dump mix into a 9-inch spring form pan and press down with the bottom end of a measuring cup until the crust becomes flat.
For the filling, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
Then add the eggs one by one, making sure each one is combined before you add the next. Add sour cream and mix again.
Pour filling over top of the crust and smooth out with a spatula. I like to gently pick up the pan and drop it a couple of time from about 1-1/2 inches off the counter to let some of the air bubbles out of the cheesecake.
Place cheesecake into oven and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Once it's done baking gently open the oven door and let the cake rest in the oven for 15 more minutes.
Remove and let cool.
For the topping, add berries, sugar and water to a saucepan and bring to boil over a medium-high heat and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Turn it off and let cool.
And then cover the top of the cheesecake with your berries and place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.
I also like to make whipped cream and put a little on top, you will see what I mean from my picture below.