12-16 servings
-CRUST-
1 ea 12-oz box vanilla wafers 6 T Butter, melted
FILLING
40 ea Ounces cream cheese 1 t Freshly grated lemon peel
1 3/4 c Sugar 1 t Vanilla
3 T All-purpose flour 6 lg Eggs
1/4 t Salt 3/4 c Heavy cream
In small bowl, mix together wafer crumbs and butter and press onto
bottom and partially up sides of 10-inch springform pan. Chill while
preparing filling. In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese. Add
sugar, flour, salt, lemon peel and vanilla. Beat well. Add eggs,
one at a time, beating well after each. Blend in cream. Pour into
crust. Bake at 500 F for 10 minutes and at 225 F for an additional
70-80 minutes. Filling will be almost set. Cool at room temperature.
Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight before serving. Creme de
Colorado Cookbook (1987) From the collection of Jim Vorheis
Yields
1 servings
