Easy Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs (18 pieces)
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 eggs (separated)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 (1 lb) packages cream cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• canned cherry pie filling (optional)

Recipe

• 1 1. melt the butter and mix with sugar and graham cracker crumbs. press into bottom of cake/pie pan to make the crust. tip: use a smaller pie pan to press it into the dish and shape the crust.
• 2 2. bake for five minutes at 300 degrees. cool.
• 3 3. put egg yolks, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon juice in a large bowl. beat until smooth and creamy.
• 4 4. whip egg whites until fluffy and stiff with egg beater.
• 5 5. fold batter into egg whites until all the batter and whipped egg whites are evenly distributed. pour mixture into now cooled crust.
• 6 6. bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes.
• 7 optional: top with canned cherry pie filling (or other topping of your choice).