Best New York Cheesecake Recipe


INGREDIENTS
15 graham crackers, crushed
2 tablespoons butter, melted

4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup milk
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup all-purpose flour


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan.
In a large bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Blend in milk, and then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust.
Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Turn the oven off, and let cake cool in oven with the door closed for 5 to 6 hours; this prevents cracking. Chill in refrigerator until serving.

Nanny's Carrot Cake

(This is a very old recipe from my grandmother, Irma, who lived to be 84.)

Ingredients

CAKE
2 cups Sugar
1 1/4 mazola oil
4 eggs
3 cups grated carrots
2 1/2 cups self rising flour
1 cup black walnuts
1 teaspoon black walnut flavoring
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Cream sugar, oil, add eggs carrots, and flavouring. Slowly beat in flour and walnuts. Back 3 layers at 425 degrees for about 25 minutes.

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Icing - Cream Cheese
1 8 oz box of cream cheese
1 box confectioners sugar (She did not specify a size)
1 tablespoon sweet milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup finely chopped black walnuts

beat all together- spread on cooled cake