Classic Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 3 Tbsp sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 4 pkg. (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 eggs

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.

Mix graham cracker crumbs, 3 Tbsp sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

Beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

*Place shallow pan with water on lower rack of oven to keep cheesecake moist while baking. Bake 55 minutes until center is almost set. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Top with fresh fruit before serving.