Margarita Cheesecake

INGREDIENTS

• CRUST
  • 4 oz. Pretzels
  • 1/3 cu sugar
  • 4-6 tbl butter
• CHEESECAKE FILLING
  • 24 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
  • ¾ cu sugar
  • zest of 1 lime
  • 8 oz. Sour cream
  • 2 tbl grand marnier
  • 1 tbl tequila
  • 4 eggs

STEP BY STEP

1. Pulse 4 oz. Pretzels in blender till broken
2. Add 1/3 cu sugar in blender till combined
3. Add 4-6 tbl butter in blender and pulse till smooth
4. Press into 9 1/2 “ spring form pan and bake @325° for 7 min. Cool before filling .
   PREPARING THE FILLING
5. Blend together cream cheese, sugar, lime zest, grand marnier, tequila.
6. One at a time add the 4 eggs, ONE AT A TIME, beating each to combine
7. Pour into crust.
8. Bake in a water bath, put boiling water into baking pan filled ½ way
9. Bake @ 325° for 1 hour.
10. Cool completely, turn out, then cut.