Shelly's Recipe

SOUTHERN PEANUT BUTTER CHEESECAKE

Category: Cheesecake

1/2 cup graham crackers crumbs
2 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened cut into cubes
1/2 cup sour cream and ricotta cheese
1/3 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
6 eggs

Preheat oven to 300. Coat a 9-inch spring form pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle graham crackers crumbs evenly over bottom of the pan. Set aside.

Mixthe cream cheese, sour cream and ricotta cheese in a food processor until smooth. Add the peanut butter and mix. Slowly add the sugar and vanilla extract. Slowly pour the eggs through the food chute with the processor running. Blend until combined. Spoon the mixture over graham crackers crumbs.

Bake for 50 minutes. Center will be soft, but firm when chilled. Turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake in the oven, let cool to room temperature on a wire rack. Cover and chill 8 hours. Serve with assorted fresh berries.