Recipe - Chimpanzee Cheesecake

CRUST
1 One half cup Graham Cracker Crumbs
One fourth cup Sugar; Granulated

CHEESECAKE
1 pound Cream Cheese
One fourth cup Sugar; Granulated
2 teaspoon Lemon Juice
4 Eggs; Large
1 cup Sour Cream
1 cup Bananas; Mashed; *
6 tablespoon Butter; Melted

* Approximately 3 medium bananas should yield the 1 cup of mashed

CRUST: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the crumbs in a mixing bowl
and add the butter and sugar. Blend well. Press the crumb mixture onto the
bottom and partly up the sides of a greased 9inch springform pan. Smooth
the crumb mixture along the bottom to an even thickness. Bake for about 10
minutes in the oven at 350 degrees F. Cool before filling. CHEESECAKE:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream
cheese, sugar and lemon juice together. Add the eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Stir in the sour cream and the mashed
bananas and blend well until very smooth. Pour the mixture into the
prepared crust and bake for 1 hour. Cool in the oven, with the door propped
open, until the cake is at room temperature. Chill until serving time.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #283

Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:49:13 0500

From: kmeade@IDS2.IDSONLINE.COM (The Meades)