CRUST:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
Nabisco Social Tea Biscuits (1 pkg. from box)

Grease springform pan bottom and sides; melt butter. Mash down Social Tea Biscuits until very fine; pour in melted butter and mix. Spread on bottom of springform pan to form crust.

FILLING:

6 eggs, separated
3 (8 oz. ea.) pkgs. Philadelphia cream cheese
3/4 to 1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites in two separate bowls. First beat egg whites with electric mixer until very stiff in one bowl.

In a separate bowl, put together egg yolks, cream cheese, sugar and the vanilla. Beat ingredients in with electric mixer until creamy smooth. Add stiff egg whites into mixture and fold them by hand or with electric mixer on low speed. Pour entire mixture into springform pan.

Bake at 350°F for approximately 50 minutes to an hour (or when toothpick inserted comes out clean).

Submitted by: MELISSA HART