Doris' Shavuot Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs farmer cheese
• 1 lb pot cheese
• 1/2 lb cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 8 ounces butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 tablespoons sour cream
• 8 eggs, separated (beat the whites )
• 2 ounces raisins (optional)
• 2 large eggs
• 2 ounces butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 ounces orange juice
• 8 ounces sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 -4 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 mix filling ingredients together
• 2 mix dough ingredients, roll dough very thin
• 3 grease pan with butter (i use lg 9x13 inch glass dish)
• 4 put thin dough on bottom and sides
• 5 add filling
• 6 cut thin dough and put strips criss-cross on top of filling
• 7 brush strips with oil to brown
• 8 bake, probably at least 1 hr--check to see if bottom dough is slightly brown
• 9 this freezes well; can make ahead.