Ingredients

  • 3 cup cinnamon graham crackers, crushed
  • 4 oz butter, salted or unsalted
  • 16 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 cup sour cream, at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup fresh rough chopped peaches, from about 3 pitted peeled peaches
  • 1 fresh peach, sliced
  • 2 tbsp grated dark chocolate

Method

  • Preheat oven to 325.
  • Spray a 9 inch springform pan with bakers spray
  • MAKE CRUST
  • Combine cinnamon crumbs and butter in a bowl until moistened
  • Add crumb mixture to prepared springform pan and press into bottom and up sides of pan.
  • Refigerate to set while making filling
  • I MAKE PEACH CHEESECAKE FILLING
  • In a large bowl beat cream cheese until smooth, add sugar slowly while beating, then add eggs one at a time beating each egg in
  • Add sour cream, vanilla and salt and beat just until blended
  • Fold in chopped peaches
  • Remove the cold crust from the refigerator.
  • Wrap crust pan in a double thickness of aluminum foil
  • Pour peach filling into crust and smooth top.
  • Place cheesecake in a large baking pan.
  • Carefully add boiling water in baking pan so that it comes just about halfway up the side of the cheesecake pan
  • Place in the preheated 325 oven and bake until cheesecake is just set with the center slightly jiggly about 70 to 90 minutes.
  • Remove from water bath pan and cool 1 hour with foil still wrapped around pan on a rack .
  • Remove foil and continue to cool completely before refigerating, about 2 hours longer.
  • When cooled cover and Refigerate at least 8 hours or overnight
  • After chilling run a thin knife around edges of pan and realease sides of springform pan
  • Garnish with whipped cream, fresh peach slice, fresh strawberrys and chocolate shavings