Strawberry Filled Cheesecake

Name: Strawberry Filled Cheesecake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup graham cracker crumbs; 1/4 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted; 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened; 1 cup sugar; 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream; 1 (21 ounce) can strawberry pie filling

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Ready In:: 1hr 55mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 12

ingredients

1 cup graham cracker crumbs
¹⁄₄ cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1 (21 ounce) can strawberry pie filling

directions

Heat oven to 325*. Wrap outside bottom and side of 10 inch springform pan with foil to prevent leaking. In a small bowl, mix cracker crumbs and 1/4 cup sugar; stir in butter. Press firmly in bottom of pan. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set.
In large bowl, beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, the eggs and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in sour cream. Spread half of mixture (about 3 cups) over crust. Spoon half of pie filling by tablespoonfuls onto cream cheese mixture. Top with remaining cream cheese mixture. (Refrigerate remaining pie filling.).
Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until center is set. Cool 15 minutes. Run metal spatula carefully along side of cheesecake to loosen. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
To serve, run metal spatula carefully along side of cheesecake to loosen again; remove foil and side of pan. Spoon remaining pie filling over cheesecake.