Up very early this morning as I need to clean up all the baking mess I left here yesterday in preparation for Kim and my trip to the Cities for Thanksgiving.
My sister-in-law, Kristi, loves my pies so I rolled out a cherry pie for her. Kim loves the two layer cheesecake you see pictured. Here is the recipe for that: (It is a big hit whenever I make it).
Two Layer Cheesecake
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Ingredients for the crust: Use a spring form pan.
18 cinnamon graham cracker crumbs
1/4/ cup sugar
1 stick of butter, melted
I use a Cuisinart, crushing the 18 crackers, then pouring in the butter while the Cuisinart is spinning, mixing thoroughly. Line the spring-form pan, pressing the mixture evenly up the sides and across the bottom. Refrigerate while you make the bottom layer.
Bottom layer ingredients:
1 pound Kraft cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Put the softened cream cheese, the sugar, eggs, in the washed Cuisinart bowl. Mix thoroughly. Pour mixture into chilled spring-form pan. Spread mixture evenly with a spatula. Bake for 20 minutes at 375 degrees.
Remove from oven, allow it to cool for about 10 minutes.
Top layer ingredients:
1 pint Old Home sour cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Thoroughly combine these ingredients in washed out Cuisinart bowl. When bottom layer has cooled, add second layer carefully (keep bowl close so as not to break thru the bottom mixture)
Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees, then bake for 10 minutes. Cool on baking rack before refrigerating overnight. If you wish to add fruit topping, do so just before serving. (cherry or blueberry pie filling work well).
Our first stop today will at Perkins in Menomonie for breakfast and a chance to peruse the Eau Claire Daily Fish Wrapper. I love getting into customary habits. Then on to Burnsville, Minnesota, for my (hopefully final) check up with my knee replacement doctor at 1PM.
No Blog Tomorrow -- 'tis a sacred football holy day -- not to mention too much triptofan.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
OH! AND GO, PACK, GO!
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