Creamy Baked Cheesecake

Woo Hoo - it's Friday!! Usually it's Chocolate Friday here, but the first Friday of each month I have Dessert Friday so the chocolate and non-chocolate desserts can party together! And you get dessert recipes just in time for Labor Day weekend!

Hubby and I love cheesecake. One of our favorites is from a restaurant called Tahoe Joe's. It's a creamy cheesecake, not a New York style and it's really tall with a sour cream topping and mounds of whipped cream. I found a recipe in a cookbook a few years ago and thought it would be similar. Turns out that it is fairly close and hubby loves it! He requested it for his birthday dessert.

I found this yummy recipe in an Eagle Brand $1 cookbook from Target!

Creamy Baked Cheesecake

1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup (2/3 stick) butter, melted
2 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, softened
1 (14-oz) can Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated milk!)
3 eggs
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 (8-oz) container sour cream, at room temp

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Combine crumbs, sugar and butter; press firmly on bottom of ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
2. In large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy.
3. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Add eggs and lemon juice; mix well. Pour into prepared pan.
4. Bake 50-55 minutes or until set.
5. Remove from oven; top with sour cream. Bake 5 minutes longer. Cool. Chill. Store covered in refrigerator.
To make it taller and more impressive, here are the changes I make:

* I double the crust recipe.
* I make 1.5 times the batter recipe.
* I prepare 1.5 times the sour cream and sweeten it to taste with sugar.
* Serve it with a large mound of homemade sweetened whipped cream!

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Yum - wish I had a piece right now! If you like creamier cheesecakes, you should give this one a try.

Now where are you hiding that dessert? Please do bring some over here to share! You can tell us about your favorite dessert in the comments. The more dessert, the merrier!

More cheesecake recipes, just for you:

 ~ Caramel-Brownie Cheesecake
 ~ Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
 ~ Mini Nutella Cheesecakes
 ~ No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
 ~ White Chocolate-Lemon Cheesecake

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Have a fabulous Friday and don't forget dessert! :)