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Cheesecake ( Grandma's ) Recipe

 


1 lb Ricotta cheese
1 lb Cream cheese
1/2 c Butter;melted
1 c Sugar
4 Eggs
Juice of 1 lemon
1 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla
3 tb Flour
3 tb Cornstarch
1 pt Sour cream
Zwieback crumbs;fine

------STRAWBERRY GLACE
1 pk Strawberry gelatin;( 3 oz.)
3/4 c Cold water
2 c Strawberries;fresh;sliced
-sweetened
1 c Boiling water

Mix cheeses well with beater. Add butter and eggs. Add remaining
ingredients; fold in sour cream. Thoroughly grease 12-cup, 10-inch
Bundt pan and dust with fine zwieback crumbs. Pour batter into pan
and bake at 350' for one hour. Turn off oven and allow cheese-cake to
remain in oven for one additional hour. Glaze with Strawberry Glace'.
FOR GLAZE: Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add cold water. Cool
until syrupy. Add strawberries and spoon over cheesecake.