Marx Brothers Cheesecake Recipes

MARX BROTHERS CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• Rub 2 tablespoons butter over bottom and up sides of 10 inch springform pan with 3 inch high sides.
• Add pecans, shaking and turning pan to coat bottom and sides.
• Mix cracker crumbs with remaining 1/4 cup butter in small bowl.
• Press into bottom of pan.
• Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until softened.
• Add sugar, eggs, yolks, and vanilla. 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 1/2 hours.
• Turn off oven.
• Leave cheesecake in oven 20 minutes.
• Transfer to rack and cool completely.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Release pan sides from cheesecake.
• Transfer to platter.
• Cut into slices.

OUR BEST CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix graham crumbs, butter and 1/4 cup sugar; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.
• Top with pie filling before serving.