Crab Cheesecake
By: Kitch-N-Chik
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 9:00pm

Ingredients




1 cup crushed butter crackers, such as Ritz
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream (divided)
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated onion
1 teaspoon seafood seasoning
2 dshs hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2 (6-ounce) cans crabmeat
Crackers

Preparation

1 Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the butter crackers and butter and use the mixture to line a 9 inch spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes. Set aside to cool. 2 Reduce the oven to 325 degrees. 3 With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, eggs and 1/4 cup sour cream until fluffy. Add the lemon juice, onion, seafood seasoning, hot pepper sauce and black pepper. Fold in crabmeat. 4 Pour mixture into cooled crust and bake 50 minutes, until the cake sets. Run a knife around the edge of the cake, loosening it from the pan. Cool on a wire rack. Remove the sides of the pan. Spread the cake with the remaining1/2 cup sour cream. Serve with crackers.