The Best Cherry Cheesecake Recipe

by Karen Ekstrom

This delicious, foolproof recipe works with any fruit. The recipe is the same. So get to it and impress your friends!


Ingredients

Cheesecake

5 eggs

1 1/2 cup sugar

3 – 8 oz. packages of cream cheese (room temperature)

1 tsp. vanilla

Crust

vanilla wafers

3 tsp. butter

Topping

frozen cherries

3 tsp. butter

3 tablespoons sugar (more if you wish)

(I add 2 to 3 tablespoons of Amaretto just because!)

Directions

Cream eggs, sugar, cream cheese and vanilla together.

Crush vanilla wafers pour melted butter on, stir. Press into spring pan.

Wrap bottom half of pan in foil. Pour batter on top.

Place in roasting pan. Fill it with water, approximately 1/2 way up side of the pan.

Cook at 325 for 1 hour.

Remove cake from water/roasting pan. Cool 20 minutes. Run a paring knife around edge. Cover and chill in refrigerator.

Topping ~ Melt butter in sauce pan. Add cherries. Cover with sugar.

Heat, let it make a syrup.

Place cheesecake on serving plate. Top with cherries and syrup.

Chill for an hour or more.

Serve and Enjoy!

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