Serendipity's Creme De La Creme Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups walnuts, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 lbs cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 6 large eggs
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 250°.
• 2 in a food processor, combine walnuts, butter and flour until smooth. press lightly with your fingers into bottom of a 10" springform pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, blend cream cheese and sugar on low speed until smooth. do not overmix.
• 4 slowly add vanilla and eggs; mix.
• 5 add lemon juice and sour cream; mix just until batter is homogeneous.
• 6 scrape batter into springform pan, tapping lightly on counter to get rid of air bubbles. bake on middle rack of oven for 2 hours until all but the center is set. remove from oven and immediately run a spatula around the edge of the pan to release cake from pan.
• 7 allow to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until firm. remove springform ring. store covered in refrigerator.