Maria's Eggnog Cheesecake

For the crust:
1 3/4 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/3 cup melted butter
1/4 cup sugar

For the cheesecake:
4 (8 oz.) pkgs, cream cheese, softened
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons flour
4 eggs
1 cup eggnog
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix cracker crumbs, butter and 1/4 cup of sugar.  Press onto bottom and 2 1/2 inches up side of a 9 inch spring form pan.  Lightly spray that pan with cooking spray.

Cream together cream cheese, and 1 cup sugar using electric mixer.  Add the flour and beat until smooth.  Mix in the eggs with the mixer switched to low.  Pour in the eggnog and vanilla.  Continue beating until just blended.  Stop the mixer and scrape the bowl occasionally.  Pour the mixture over the crust.

Fill a shallow baking dish with some hot water and place on the bottom rack of the oven.  Put cheesecake on the middle rack of the oven.  Turn oven heat to 200.  Do not preheat oven.

Bake the cheesecake for 3 hours and 15 minutes.  Turn oven off.  Allow cheesecake to cook in the oven for 3 hours.  Chill in refrigerator overnight.