| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 4 hr 45 min |
| Active: | 45 min |
| Yield: | 6 to 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 12 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- For the graham cracker crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, confectioners’ sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Press into a 9-inch pie pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely before filling. Leave the oven on.
- For the cream cheese filling: Put the cream cheese, granulated sugar, vanilla and eggs in a medium bowl and beat with a hand mixer on medium speed until smooth. Pour the filling into the cooled crust and bake until set, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before topping; leave the oven on.
- For the sour cream topping: Combine the sour cream, granulated sugar and vanilla in a small bowl and mix until smooth. Spread onto the pie and bake 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold, about 4 hours. Slice and serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
| Calories | 463 |
| Total Fat | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 18 g |
| Carbohydrates | 38 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 31 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 129 mg |
| Sodium | 233 mg |
Reviews
This was by far the best recipe to follow. There was no wondering what the recipe wanted me to do. I loved the way l could “check” off each ingredient after immediately using it. Once it was ready to eat, it was gone in a blink of an eye! It reminded me of the scene from “A Christmas Story” where the Turkey was finally done and was resting on the kitchen table when all of a sudden the neighbor’s dogs busted in and tore the Turkey apart!!
Simple to make! I added some grated lemon rind to my base. I served each slice with a tablespoon of blueberry preserve on top.
I used a vanilla wafer crust and added one very ripe banana to the filling and another one to the topping. Added toasted coconut on top just before serving. As others have noted, the filling takes a lot longer to set than the recipe indicates.
Nice to find a recipe that doesn’t use packaged pudding mix or fake frozen whipped topping.
I have made this twice, both times using 16 oz of cream cheese instead of 12, but otherwise following the recipe. The instructions are a bit of a problem, I think. I followed them the first time, and the cream cheese mixture was lumpy, no matter how much I mixed it. The second time, I first mixed the sugar and vanilla with the cream cheese, and then gradually incorporated the eggs (adding a white, then a yolk, then a white, then a yolk, and mixing between each addition), and got a nice, creamy mixture. As written, it might work fine if all ingredients are at room temperature, but generally I don’t have the time to allow that to happen, if I’m making something right after work, for example. So, “4 stars” for poor/unrealistic instructions, but otherwise it’s a good recipe.
Love the pie. I made one little change and added some orange zest to the sour cream topping. Also it takes a little longer than 15-20 minutes for the filling to firm up. More like 25-30. But delicious.
I was looking for a clone of the Cheese Pie that used to be sold at the Big Boy restaurant chain. This is pretty close. The recipe does not state to grease the pie pan but you must to prevent sticking. THIS PIE GETS BETTER EVERY DAY, so it’s a perfect dessert as a make ahead before guests arrive.
Baking time is way too short. After 20 min, when I poured sour cream topping on, it fell into the unbaked center. Bake 60 min then add sour cream topping. It came out too sweet for my tastes.
delicious!! Love her show
For years I have killing myself to make a low carb cheese cake. Ugh. When I saw this recipe I thought I could get the same tasting results with less than half the time and trouble. Skip the crust and use splenda instead of sugar. Walla! Low carb great.
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