By Alexis Moore
With the holiday season being so different this year it is important to hold on to tradition for a sense of normalcy. Every year my grandmother and I make marble cheesecake for our Christmas dinner.
The ingredients in our recipe consist of:
¾ cup all- purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
A dash of salt
¼ margarine butter
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
3 packages of cream cheese
1 cup of sugar
¼ cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
6 eggs
1 cup of sour cream
To make our cheesecake:
Crust:
Heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
In a bowl mix ¾ cup of flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and a dash of salt
Mix in butter until it becomes crumb like
Mix in two tablespoons of the melted chocolate
Press mixture into bottom of pan as the crust
Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown, then remove from oven
Change oven heat to 325’
Cheesecake mixture:
Beat cream cheese and one cup of sugar on medium until fluffy
Beat ¼ cup flour and 2 tsp of vanilla extract
While mixing ingredients- on low speed- add in eggs one at a time
Add sour cream to mixture
Mix all ingredients together on low
Add cheesecake mixture to crust
Bake for 1 hour
Cool for 2 hours
Refrigerate overnight before serving
This recipe has been in our family four decades. My grandmother made it with my aunt on Christmas Eve when she was growing up. I now make it with my grandmother for the holidays, and my aunt has continued to carry on the tradition with her kids as well.