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Not up to cooking today? Send them a "virtual cheescake" Chanie's Delicious Cheese Cake
(courtesy of Chanie Persoff, Jerusalem)

Ingredients:

Base: Cheese Cake

10 Graham crackers
3 tablespoons oil or melted butter
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Cheese filling:

2 cups soft white cheese
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons self-raising flour
1 envelope vanilla sugar or
lemon rind and 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Topping:

1 cup sour cream
3 tablespoons sugar

Instructions:

Blend crackers in food processor. Add oil or butter, sugar and cinnamon.

Put cracker mixture in a 10" pie dish and pat down.

Combine the cheese filling ingredients together and pour onto cracker base.

Place pie dish in microwave and cook on high for 11 minutes.

Allow to set for 5 minutes.

Combine sour cream and sugar for topping and pour on the cake.

Microwave for a further 2 minutes.

When cake is cool, decorate with fresh strawberries or with blueberry pie filling.

Bake on 300 F for 30 minutes. Allow to stand for an additional 5 minutes. Add topping and bake for another 5 minutes. Can be baked in a large toaster oven.