Gugel Family Cookbook

Refrigerator Cheesecake

(from an American friend of Mom's who was in Paris with her in 1956)

1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs, separated
8 graham crackers
1/8 cup butter
1/8 cup sugar

Cream the cream cheese and sugar. Add beaten egg yolks. Fold in whipped cream, stiffly beaten egg whites, and vanilla. Pour in an ice cube tray and freeze at least 6 hours.

Crush the graham crackers and mix together with butter and sugar. Sprinkle over the top and serve.

Update:

This old recipe assumes you still have (if you ever did) old-style ice cube trays with a leveraged system that lifts the ice cubes out of the tray. (You take that piece out before filling the trays.) These aren't made any more. You could use a 9" pie plate instead. Try filling a ready-made graham cracker crust and crumbling the graham crackers over.