Easy Cheesecake

Directions

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   1. Melt the butter and mix with sugar and graham cracker crumbs. Press into bottom of cake/pie pan to make the crust. Tip: Use a smaller pie pan to press it into the dish and shape the crust.
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   2. Bake for five minutes at 300 degrees. Cool.
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   3. Put egg yolks, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon juice in a large bowl. Beat until smooth and creamy.
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   4. Whip egg whites until fluffy and stiff with egg beater.
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   5. Fold batter into egg whites until all the batter and whipped egg whites are evenly distributed. Pour mixture into now cooled crust.
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   6. Bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes.
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   Optional: top with canned cherry pie filling (or other topping of your choice).