Recipe - Marx Brothers Cheesecake

Three fourths Stick unsalted butter; room
temperature
One half cup Plus
1 tablespoon Toasted pecans; finely
ground
2 cup Graham cracker crumbs
6 pack (8oz) cream cheese; room
temperature
2 cup Sugar
2 lg Eggs
3 lg Egg yolks
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
One half cup Sour cream

From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1993 08:46:26 GMT

From Bon Appetit, April 1989

Preheat oven to 250F. Rub 2 tablespoons butter over bottom and up sides of
10 inch diameter springform pan with 3 inch high sides. Add pecans,
shaking and turning pan to coat bottom and sides. Mix cracker crumbs with
remaining One half cup butter in small bowl. Press into bottom of pan.

Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until softened. Add
sugar, eggs, yolks and vanilla and beat until smooth. Fold in sour cream.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until knife inserted 2 inches from
center comes out clean, about 1 One half hours. Turn off oven. Leave cheesecake
in oven 20 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool completely. Refrigerate
overnight.

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