From A Little Something, Norwalk, Connecticut
Difficulty: Easy
Make Ahead
Serves 8
Ingredients:
Crust
- 1/2 cup blanched almonds, toasted
- 1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
Filling
- 3 eggs
- 1 scant cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups sour cream
- 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Butter an 8″ spring-form pan.
- In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, or a blender with the motor running, drop in almonds.
- Add graham crackers, cinnamon and melted butter.
- Process until smooth.
- Pat mixture into pan bottom and about 1-1/2″ up sides, reserving 1/2 cup for top.
- Refrigerate.
- Rinse food processor or blender and beat eggs, adding sugar, salt, sour cream, cream cheese which has been broken up, and vanilla.
- Whirl until smooth.
- Pour into crust and sprinkle with reserved crumbs.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes.
- The middle should look shaky but edges should begin to pull from sides of pan. Do not overbake.
- Cool on a rack for 1 hour, then refrigerate overnight, loosely covered with plastic wrap.
- When ready to serve, loosen with a knife and garnish with fresh fruit, if desired.