Nana's Cheesecake is famous, everyone loves it. She said I could share the recipe with all of you, so here it is!

Ingredients:

Crust:

1 c. flour

1/4 c. sugar

1 tsp. lemon peel (grated)

1/2 cup oleo (margarine)

1 slightly beaten egg

1/4 tsp. vanilla

Filling:

(5) 8 oz. cream cheese bricks, softened (we like Philadelphia Cream Cheese)

1/4 tsp. vanilla

3/4 tsp lemon peel

1 3/4 c. sugar

3 tbs. flour

1/4 tsp. salt

4/5 eggs (1 cup)

2 egg yolks

1/4 c. whipping cream

Steps:

Combine flour, sugar, lemon peel. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend, pat 1/3 dough into 9" bottom springform pan, with the sides removed. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 min. Cool, attach sides of pan.

Beat cream cheese, add vanilla, lemon peel. Mix in sugar, flour, salt, add in cream cheese, add, one at a time, until blended. Stir in whipping cream.

Bake for 12 min. at 450 degrees. Then 55 minutes at 300 degrees.

Cool 1/2 hour, then loosen sides of pan and place cheesecake on plate.