Basic Cheesecake

Ingredients:
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tblsp sugar
3 tblsp butter or margarine, melted
4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
3 tblsp flour
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tblsp vanilla

Instructions:
Heat oven to 350F. For Crust: Mix crumbs, 3 tbsp. sugar, and butter. 
Press onto bottom of 9-inch spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes

For Filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, and flour at medium speed with mixer until well blended. 

Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in sour cream and vanilla. Pour over prepared crust. 
Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. 
Turn off oven and prop door open and let cheesecake sit in oven until oven has cooled. Loosen cake from rim of pan. 

Can be topped with fruits or whipped cream as desired. It tastes best when refrigerated over night.