Name: Easy and Creamy Cheesecake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1-¼ cup graham cracker crumbs; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1/3 cup melted butter; 2 (8 oz) blocks cream cheese, (softened to room temperature ); 1 cup sugar; 3 tbsp sour cream; ½ tablespoon vanilla extract; ½ tablespoon lemon juice, (optional); 2 eggs

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This easy and creamy cheesecake is absolutely delicious! Make your own crust or use storebought. Cream cheese, eggs, sugar, sour cream make it the best!

HOW TO MAKE EASY AND CREAMY CHEESECAKE

This is one of the easiest cheesecakes you will ever make. Cross my heart. And forget about all those cheesecake recipes from the past where you had to leave the oven door open for 5 hours after baking for the cheesecake to set. This recipe has an easy baking method that takes all of the scariness out of making cheesecakeY’all might remember from my last post, BEST EVER POTATO SALAD, that I got this cheesecake recipe from my husband’s Navy boss at the time, Chief Wilson. It was a recipe his Mom had given him so I was so grateful when he gave it to me. He made this cheesecake for every get together (he usually made two). They were famous in our little American military community in England. Everyone requested he make a couple of them when we had potlucks. And I loved it because it was more of a sweet cheesecake rather than tangy.

MAKE A HOMEMADE CRUST OR USE STORE-BOUGHT

I have changed it a bit over the years. I added sour cream to help give it a slightly smoother texture. Chief always made this cheesecake using premade graham cracker crusts. And most of the time, I do as well. Every now and then I’ll make the crust from scratch so I’m going to include that recipe in here also.

Easy Cheesecake recipe (topped with cherry pie filling) Recipe from The Country Cook

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

For the crust:

graham cracker crumbs

sugar

melted butter

For the filling:

cream cheese, softened

sugar

sour cream

vanilla extract
lemon juice (optional)

eggs

Cook’s Tip: You can use a store-bought graham cracker crust. Look for the crust that says “2 extra servings.”

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR EASY CHEESECAKE:

Preheat oven to 300F degrees.

For the crust:

Mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter and pack mixture firmly into bottom and sides of 9-inch pie pan. Chill in the refrigerator while preparing the filling.

For the filling:

Mix cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, vanilla extract and lemon juice in a mixer. Add eggs one at a time to the mixture and thoroughly combine. The key to getting a really creamy cheesecake is to mix these ingredients together really well until the mixture is kind of thick and smooth (about 4-5 minutes.)

Pour filling into prepared pie crust.

homemade cheesecake filling poured into prepared graham cracker crust

Bake for about 65-70 minutes.

Chill in the refrigerator a few hours before serving. Optional: top with cherry or strawberry pie filling or drizzle with caramel sauce.

Easy cheesecake with homemade graham cracker crust, slice on a white plate with fork

Enjoy!

Originally published: February 2011
Updated and re-published: April 2019