
1/3 cup sugar (preferably maple)
2 cups crushed graham cracker (about 1/2 pound)
1 1/4 sticks butter, melted
Filling:
1 pound cream cheese
3/4 Pure Vermont Maple syrup
1 cup sour cream
1 Tablespoon flour
6 eggs separated
6 tablespoons sugar (preferably maple sugar
)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the sugar with graham crumbs. Pour in melted butter and mix with fork. Press into a 10" spring form pan and bake for 10 minuets.
Beat the cream cheese, maple syrup, sour cream, flour and egg yolk together ( can be done in a food processor.) In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until they start to form peaks, then add the sugar, continuing to beat until it forms very firm peaks. Fold in maple cream cheese mixture. Spread the filling over the crumb crust, and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes . Turn off the oven , and leave in the oven with the door open for 45 minutes, then let cool on a counter. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour and unmold.
Serve plain or with a sauce.