New York Style Cheesecake

Crust:

1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup melted butter

Cheesecake:

3 pkgs. (8 oz each) cream cheese, at room temp.

1-1/4 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 tsp fresh lemon juice

Topping:

1 container (16 oz.) sour cream

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare crust & press evenly on bottom of springform pan & up the sides about ½ inch. Beat cream cheese & sugar until blended. Beat in eggs, vanilla & lemon juice until blended. Pour onto crust. Bake for 50 minutes or until puffed & golden. Transfer to a wire rack & let stand for 15 min. Increase oven temperature to 450. Stir together sour cream sugar & vanilla & spoon over top of cheesecake. Bake 10 min, move to cooling rack. Refrigerate overnight.