Ingredients
Deluxe Vanilla Cheesecake
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 small pkg. Vanilla pudding
1/2 sugar
1 cup milk
3 packages (8 oz. Each) cream cheese, softened
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 egg whites
Instructions
Mix crumbs, 1 tbsp. Sugar, and the butter. Grease sides of 9-inch
Spring-form pan to one inch from top; coat with about 2 tbsp. Crumb
Mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture firmly on bottom of pan.
Combine pudding mix, 1/2 cup sugar, and the milk in a saucepan.
Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil.
Remove from heat, cover surface with wax paper, and set aside.
In large bowl, beat cream cheese slowly with electric mixer until
Fluffy. Add egg yolks; beat well. Blend in vanilla, lemon juice, salt
And pudding. Beat egg whites until soft rounded peaks form; fold into
Cheese mixture. Pour into pan. Bake on lowest rack at 425 degrees
For 30 minutes, or until center is set when lightly touched and top in
Golden brown. ( cake becomes firmer when cool.) Cool or chill; remove
From refrigerator at least 30 minutes before serving.
