Mom'S Cream Cheese Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Filling
4 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 prepared graham cracker pie crust
Topping
1 cup sour cream
3 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Combine filling ingredients and beat until light and frothy.
Pour into graham cracker crust and bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes.
Combine topping ingredients, and pour topping over pie.
Return to oven and bake 10 minutes longer. Cool and place in refrigerator for approximately 5 hours (if you can wait that long).
Optional: When pie is cool, put a can of red pie cherries or pie blueberries, or fresh strawberries, etc on top.