Ingredients

• 4 cups - cream cheese, at room temperature
• 2 cups - graham cracker crumbs
• 1.25 cups - sugar
• 1/2 stick - butter, melted
• 3 tbsp - lemon juice
• Grated rind of 1 lemon
• 1 tsp - vanilla extract
• 4 - eggs

How to Make Cheese Cake

• Preheat oven to 325 Fahrenheit.
• Grease a 9-inch spring foam pan.
• Place a 14-inch foil in the spring foam pan and press it up to the sides to seal it tightly.
• Mix the crumbs and the butter well.
• Press it into the bottom of the pan.
• Beat the cream cheese until smooth.
• Add the sugar, lemon rind, juice and vanilla extract and beat until blended.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Pour into the prepared pan.
• Set the pan in a larger baking tray and place in oven.
• Pour enough hot water in the outer tray, up to 1 inch.
• Bake until the top is golden brown (approximately 1 to 1.5 hours).
• Cool it in the spring foam pan and then slowly remove the bottom.
• Refrigerate for close to 1 to 2 hours.
• Dust with powdered sugar, cut it into slices and serve.
• Recipe courtesy: Dhivya Karthik
• http://chefinyou.com/