The Best Cherry Cheesecake

Today I made cherry cheesecake.  I haven't made cheesecake in a long time.  But I was craving cheesecake, so I decided to make some.  Cheesecake is pretty easy to make, it just takes a while to bake and then let it cool. It is totally worth it at the end though.  Here are the ingredients you'll need:

For the crust:
3 cups of graham crackers, I didn't have them so I used special K cereal
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup melted butter

For the filling:
800 gr of cream cheese
4 eggs
3/4 cup of sugar
3 tbsp flour
1/4 cup of milk
1 tbsp lemon zest
1 tsp vanilla

For the topping use a can of cherry pie filling.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  You'll need a cheesecake pan for this.  First you need to make the crust.  In a food processor, add the crackers or cereal, melted butter and sugar and pulse until well mixed.  Take the cereal mixture and spread over the bottom of the cake pan, pressing down to cover the entire bottom of pan and a little bit up the side.  Place pan in the fridge while you're making the filling.

For the filling, add the cheese, sugar and flour and mix in a mixer on medium speed for about 2 minutes until the cheese is smooth.  Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl, then add the remainder of the ingredients and mix again on medium for another minute or so.  Filling should be very smooth.  Place the filling in the pan and bake in the oven at 350 for 15 minutes.  After 15 minutes turn the oven down to 250 degrees and bake for another hour and a half.  Take out of the oven and let cool out for about an hour, then place in the refrigerator for a couple hours to completely cool.  When cooled add the cherry topping to the cake and enjoy.  Absolutely delicious.  One serving is just not enough. :)

Jell-O No Bake Cherry Cheesecake, 17.8-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 5)