Mascarpone Berry Cheesecake

A couple of years ago we held a yard sale at Nana's house to share some of her excess with others
(isn't that a clever way to put it?)

We met some true characters...some were fantastic...others, well, let's just say it took 4 of us to keep these two little kids from destroying everything that was put out for sale.

Anyhoo...
Since it would be running from breakfast past lunch, the aunties and I split up the food duties.
I brought breakfast burritos, Auntie V brought some pulled pork, Auntie A brought all the chip type foods, and Auntie N made sure we had plenty of drinks.
I also made this Pillsbury cheesecake...as, well, no meal is complete without something sweet!

Ingredients:

Crust

1 ½ Cups graham cracker crumbs

6 Tbsp butter (melted)

Filling

2 Packages (8 oz each) cream cheese (softened)

1 ¼ Cups sugar

12 oz mascarpone cheese (softened)

3 Eggs

2 Tsp grated lemon peel

1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Topping

2 10 oz bags frozen berries (drained)

⅓ Cup jam

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350

2. Spray bottom and side of a 9 inch springform pan

3. In small bowl, mix crust ingredients

4. Press crust in bottom of pan

5. Bake 7 minutes or until set

6. Reduce oven temperature to 300

7. In large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar

8. Beat in mascarpone cheese

9. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until blended

10. Beat in lemon peel and lemon juice

11. Pour filling over crust

12. Bake 70 minutes

13. Turn oven off, leave door open a minimum of 4 inches, and leave cheesecake for 30 minutes

14. Cool in refrigerator overnight

15. Spoon berries over top of cheesecake

16. Microwave jam 45 seconds or until melted. Drizzle over berries.

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No pictures of this cut as I did not take the pan off until we got to Nana's...and then I didn't think about it!! Not to mention the barbarians attacking this!

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