Holiday Mincemeat Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup butter melted
• 24 ounce cream cheese softened
• 4 large eggs 
• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 
• 1 cup mincemeat prepared
• 1 tablespoon orange juice fresh
• 1 tablespoon orange rind grated
• 8 ounce cup heavy whipping cream sour
• 0.3 cup sugar 
• 1 cup sugar 

Equipment

• oven
• hand mixer
• springform pan

Directions

1. Stir together first 3 ingredients and, if desired, raisins. Press mixture into bottom and 1 1/2 inches up sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
2. Beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy.
3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
4. Add rind, juice, and sour cream, beating until blended. Spoon mixture into crust.
5. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until center is firm. Turn oven off.
6. Let cheesecake stand in oven, with oven door closed, 30 minutes.
7. Spread mincemeat over cheesecake. Chill 8 hours.