New York Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
5 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream

Preparation

MIX crumbs, 3 Tbls sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0F for 10 minutes.
MIX cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition, just until blended. Do not over mix!
Blend in sour cream.
Pour over crust.
BAKE 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until center is almost set.
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 cherry pie filling and garnish, if desired.