Recipe - Luscious Almond Cheesecake

CRUST
1 One fourth cup Crushed vanilla wafers
Three fourths cup Finely chopped almonds
One fourth cup Sugar
1/3 cup Butter or margarine, melted

FILLING
4 pack (8 oz) cream cheese,
softened
1 One fourth cup Sugar
4 Eggs
1 One half teaspoon Almond extract
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

TOPPING
2 cup (16 oz.) sour cream
One fourth cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1/8 cup Toasted cut or sliced up almonds

Here is a recipe for cheesecake from Taste of Home that I made for Easter
it is excellent!

In a bowl, combine wafers, almonds and sugar; add the butter and mix well.
Press into the bottom of an ungreased 10in. springform pan; set aside. In
a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until creamy. Add eggs,
one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add extracts; beat until
just blended. Pour into crust. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes or until center
is almost set. Remove from the oven; let stand for 5 minutes. Combine sour
cream, sugar and vanilla; spread over filling. Return to the oven for 5
minutes. Cool on a wire rack; chill overnight. Just before serving,
sprinkle with almonds and remove sides of pan. Store in the refrigerator.
Yield: 1416 servings. Posted to EATL Digest 01 Apr 97 by Lori Symmonds
lsymmond@SPARCY2.GENEVA.EDU on Apr 1, 1997