"As a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America (April 81) I never had occasion to make cheesecake in any volume. Perhaps the last one I made was in the Sheraton Dining room just prior to graduation. In any event my daughter turned 21 and wanted cheesecake yesterday so I googled cheesecake and landed on this rescipe. made a double batch because I felt 20 oz. of cream cheese was light and I wanted a thick cake. Bottom line fabulous! Best cheesecake I ever had much less made. My wife, who made me a killer cheesecake for my birthday a week before, muttered "Damn! Out done again!!" I cooked without a water bath or reliable temperature gauge and filled cupcake tins with the graham cracker mixture (roll the crumbs with a straight wooden pin if you have one of the single hand rolling pins) came out great."

"As a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America (April 81) I never had occasion to make cheesecake in any volume. Perhaps the last one I made was in the Sheraton Dining room just prior to graduation. In any event my daughter turned 12 yesterday so I googled cheesecake and landed on this rescipe. made a oduble batch because I felt 20 oz. of cream cheese was light and I wanted a thick cake. Bottom linie fabulous! Best cheesecake I ever had much less made. My wife, who made me a killer cheesecake for my birthday a week before, muttered "Damn! Out done again!!" "