New York Style Cheesecake

Crust:

• 1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup melted butter

Cheesecake:

• 3 pkgs. (8 oz ea) cream cheese, at room temp.
• 1-1/4 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp fresh lemon juice

Topping:

• 1 container (16 oz.) sour cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare crust & press evenly on bottom of springform pan & up the sides about ½ inch. Beat cream cheese & sugar until blended. Beat in eggs, vanilla & lemon juice until blended. Pour onto crust. Bake for 50 minutes or until puffed & golden. Transfer to a wire rack & let stand for 15 min. Increase oven temperature to 450. Stir together sour cream sugar & vanilla & spoon over top of cheesecake. Bake 10 min, move to cooling rack. Refrigerate overnight.