Sunday, December 4, 2011

Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake

It's been a day or two since my last entry.  I have had a busy weekend! Every weekend seems like its busy lately. Chase is coming home tomorrow and I am so excited.  I miss him so much, and to show him how much I miss him I baked him his favorite dessert....CHEESECAKE! He loves lemons and blue berries and so I combined the two! Its so easy and a really pretty cake.  This will be a good thing to take to a potluck. Make it the day before, let it chill over night and it will be perfect! Here ya go...

Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake

You will need:
3 packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream
zest from 2 lemons
juice from 2 lemons
3 eggs
1 can blueberry pie filling

1 sleeve graham crackers, crushed
1/2 stick butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla



Directions:
Preheat oven 350.
In a mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. In the meantime, crush up graham crackers, and melt butter. Mix melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla and crushed graham in bowl. Cover bottom of spring form pan with mixture, making sure to be even mash down mixture. Bake for 10 minutes. Once cream cheese is smooth add, sour cream, lemon zest, lemon juice. Add eggs in one at a time. Mix just until eggs are mixed in. (It is okay if there are chunks of cream cheese that aren't mixed in well, don't over beat the mixture. This is what causes cracks.) Pour mixture over cooked graham crust. Drop spoonfuls of blue berry filling over mixture, and swirl with butter knife. Add as much as you want. I do about 6 spoonfuls. Bake 50 minutes. Crack oven door for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool room temperature for up to 2 hours. Chill in fridge over night!



1 comment:

  1. Lemons trees, they are pretty and the lemon flower is sweet...
    and the blueberries add such a nice touch too.

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