Cheesecake!

Ingredients

10oz crushed ginger cookies

5T melted unsalted butter

2/3 cup white sugar

1/4 tsp salt

3 packages cream cheese, well-softened

4 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup white sugar

16 oz (one tub) sour cream

1 Tbsp white sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 350'.

Whisk together first four ingredients and press into springform pan. Place in refrigerator to set.

Fit Mixmaster with whisk attachment. Beat cream cheese on medium until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, then vanilla and sugar. Beat on low speed, scraping down sides, until mixture is fluffy and homogenous.

Pour mixture into prepared crust and place in oven with baking sheet underneath (pan leaks). Bake for 45 minutes, or until set three inches in from edges but still wobbly in the middle. Remove to a cooling rack on the countertop for 5 minutes.

Whisk together sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Pour gently around edges of cake, then spread to fill in the middle. Return to oven for 10 more minutes.

Cool cake on countertop, then fridge, for six hours or overnight.

Original recipe at https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/three-cities-of-spain-cheesecake-102595