Stars and Stripes Cheesecake

History You Can Sink Your Teeth Into

(NAPSA) – In 1902, America was a rapidly growing and changing nation. It was a time of invention, industrial innovation and accelerated immigration, blending cultures and cuisines. It was also a time when many favorite all-American foods-such as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, animal crackers and banana splits- first became popular.

That year also marked the very first time light and dark corn syrups became available in tins. Karo Corn Syrup, founded that year, quickly became a favorite ingredient in desserts, breads, sweet rolls, sauces and fillings.

The syrup, now considered as American as apple pie, is an essential ingredient in a Stars and Stripes Cheesecake:

Stars and Stripes Cheesecake

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Prep Time30 minutes minutes

Cook Time25 minutes minutes

Chill Time1 hour hour

Total Time1 hour hour 55 minutes minutes

Ingredients

Graham Cracker Crust:

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Cheesecake:

• 3 8 ounce packages cream cheese at room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons Argo or Kingsford's Corn Starch
• 1 cup Karo Light Corn Syrup
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 cup blueberries fresh
• 1 pound strawberries halved (about 3 cups)
• 1 cup heavy cream or whipping cream, whipped; or whipped topping

• 1 pound strawberries halved (about 3 cups)
• 1 cup heavy cream or whipping cream, whipped; or whipped topping

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325 F. To prepare graham cracker crust: Combine crumbs, butter and 2 Tbsp. sugar. Press into the bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• To prepare cheesecake: Beat cream cheese, sugar and corn starch in a large bowl with mixer at medium speed until smooth. Beat in corn syrup, eggs and lemon juice until blended and smooth.
• Pour into prepared baking dish. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or just until set.
• Cool on wire rack. Refrigerate until well chilled. Arrange blueberries (about 30 to 40) in rows in upper left corner of cheesecake to form a rectangle, spacing rows about 1/2 inch apart (to leave room for whipped cream).
• Arrange halved strawberries on top of remaining portion of cheesecake also in rows about 3/4 inch apart, like a flag. Place whipped cream in a plastic bag and snip off the corner of the bag.
• Use the bag to pipe whipped cream between the rows of blueberries and strawberries, completing the flag design. Keep refrigerated.