JACK’S FAVORITE CHEESECAKE

I thought everyone would like to know Jack Lord's cheesecake recipe.

Ingredients: 

3 small packages cream cheese

2 eggs

pinch of salt

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

For crust:

vanilla wafers

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 stick butter

For topping:

1/2 pint sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 tablespoons sugar

Directions: 

Place cream cheese in 2-quart bowl (to be used in electric mixer) and allow to come to room temperature. Heat oven to 250 degrees. Melt 1/2 stick butter in 8-inch Pyrex pie dish. Meanwhile, crush vanilla wafers to make 1 cup of crumbs. Add 1/3 cup sugar and mix into melted butter right in the Pyrex dish. Take out 1/4 cup of crumb-sugar-butter mixture for topping, then press remaining crumbs to bottom and sides to form a thin crust. Refrigerate while doing the following: Increase oven heat to 350 degrees. 

In 1-quart mixing bowl, beat 2 whole eggs until light and stiff. Add a pinch of salt. Then beat the softened cream cheese until very fluffy. Gradually add sugar (1/2 cup) and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Next, beat in eggs, one-third at a time. Pour into refrigerated crust and bake at 350 degrees for 25 or 30 minutes. Carefully blend the following mixture and spoon over the top:

1/2 pint sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 tablespoons sugar

Bake 5 minutes longer. Sprinkle the 1/4 cup crumbs around very edge of pie. Chill at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.