Key Lime Cheesecake recipe

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Ingredients :

• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ cup butter, melted
• 3 x 8 oz packages cream cheese
• 1¼ cups sugar
• 6 large eggs, separated
• 1 x 8 oz carton sour cream
• 1½ tspn grated lime rind
• ½ cups key lime juice

Preparation and Cooking Instructions :

1. Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring well. Firmly press mixture in bottom and 1" up sides of a buttered 9" springform pan.
2. Bake crust at 350°F for 8 minutes; cool in pan on a wire rack.
3. Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1¼ cups sugar.
4. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in sour cream, lime rind, and Key lime juice.
5. Beat egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into cream cheese mixture.
6. Pour batter into prepared crust, and bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 5 minutes; turn oven off.
7. Partially open oven door; let cheesecake cool in oven 15 minutes.
8. Remove from oven, and immediately run a knife around edge of pan to release sides.
9. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cover and chill 8 hours.