Classic Cheesecake (recipe inside my birthday cake)

from kraft.com, Classic NY Cheesecake

Ingredients

1 cup HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs 3 Tbsp. sugar 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted 5 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened 1 cup sugar 3 Tbsp. flour 1 Tbsp. vanilla 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream 4 eggs 1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling

Preparation

MIX crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press firmly onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 325°F for 10 minutes. (Bake at 300°F for 10 minutes if using dark nonstick springform pan.) MIX cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream, mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust. BAKE at 325°F for 1 hour 10 minutes or until center is almost set if using silver springform pan. (Bake at 300°F for 1 hour 10 minutes or until center is almost set if using dark nonstick springform pan.) Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Top with pie filling before serving.

New York Lemon Cheesecake: Prepare as directed, omitting cherry pie filling and adding 2 Tbsp. lemon juice and 1-1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel to cream cheese batter before pouring over crust.