Blueberry Cheesecake

Name: Blueberry Cheesecake
Ingredients: 2 cups Blueberries; 2 tbsp. Sugar; 2 teaspoons Lemon Juice; 9, finely crushed (about 1 1/4 cups) Graham Crackers; 6 tbsp. Melted Butter; 1/4 cup Sugar; 4 (8-oz.) blocks, softened Cream Cheese; 1 cup Sugar; 2 Eggs; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract; 1/4 cups Sour Cream; 2 tbsp. Flour; 1/4 teaspoon Salt; 1 cup Blueberry Puree; Whipped Cream & Blueberries

Blueberry Puree

Blueberries		2 cups
Sugar		2 tbsp.
Lemon Juice		2 teaspoons

Crust

Graham Crackers		9, finely crushed (about 1 1/4 cups)
Melted Butter		6 tbsp.
Sugar		1/4 cup

Cheesecake

Cream Cheese		4 (8-oz.) blocks, softened
Sugar		1 cup
Eggs		2
Vanilla Extract		1 teaspoon
Sour Cream		1/4 cups
Flour		2 tbsp.
Salt		1/4 teaspoon
Blueberry Puree		1 cup

Topping

Whipped Cream & Blueberries

Preheat oven to 325°.

In a food processor, blend blueberries until no chunks remain.

Then in a saucepan over medium heat, add blueberry puree, sugar, lemon juice. Bring to a boil, then lower heat & simmer until slightly reduced, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.

For the crust:

In a large bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and sugar, until mixture resembles wet sand. Press into bottom and up sides of an 8″ springform pan.

For the cheesecake:

In a large bowl using a hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer), beat cream cheese and sugar until no lumps remain.

Add eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla and sour cream.

Add flour and salt and beat until just combined. Fold in blueberry puree.

Pour mixture over crust. Wrap bottom of pan in aluminum foil and place in a large roasting pan. Pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the baking pan.

Bake until the center of the cheesecake slightly jiggles, 1 hour 30 minutes.

Turn off heat, prop open oven door, and let cheesecake cool in oven, 1 hour.

Remove foil and refrigerate cheesecake until completely chilled, at least 5 hours, up to overnight.