Strawberry Cheesecake

So as nursing school comes to an end I find myself delving into the grand finale: Senior Practicum. I am working the night shift on the Pediatric Oncology Floor and absolutely falling in love with this discipline of nursing. It's challenging, sad at times, don't get me wrong it's not easy. But at the same time I think we can find beauty in even the most ugly and hurtful of things. Long story short I made this cheesecake and brought it to clinical last week, this particular moment was beautiful. Lets just say this strawberry cheesecake was well received by patients/nurses alike:)...also this is pretty much the base cheesecake recipe...I suppose I am willing to share it.
Strawberry Cheesecake Filling:
3 8 oz packages of cream cheese
1/2 cup half and half
3 eggs
1 and 1/2 Tbs of vanilla
2/3 cup of flour
1 cup white sugar

Crust (make first, when done place in a 350 degree oven for about 7-10 minutes, then place in freezer whilst making the filling):
2/3 cup cold butter cut into small chunks
1/2 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp of salt
2/3-1 cup flour
First add the sugar to the cold butter and mix with a fork until it looks like a clumpy mess. Add the salt. Then add bits of flour at a time and knead with your hands in a tupperware bowl. Press onto the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan in an even layer.

Strawberry Mixture:
Ideally use a food processor to pulse up all ingredients (I don't have one and just mashed the strawberries up in a bag until really mashed.)
1 cup strawberries
1 Tblspoon sugar
1 cap full of vanilla
1 Teaspoon of lemon juice
1 and 1/2 Tblspoons flour

When making the filling beat the cream cheese for a good 4-5 minutes until there are no lumps. This no lump thing is important as lumps mess up the consistency of your cheesecake after its baked. Add the sugar and beat together until well mixed. Add half and half, vanilla and mix. Then add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed until well incorporated into the batter. Finally, add your flour and mix on low speed!
Take your crusted springform pan out of the freezer, add the batter. Drop the strawberry mixture in drops around the pan in an even spread out fashion. To make the strawberry look marbled in the batter drag a knife through the dots like you are playing connect-the-dots! Bake your cake in a water bath at 375 degrees for about 50 minutes to an hour. To avoid cracking leave in the oven with the door open for about 1-2 hours. Refrigerate overnight ideally! AND DEVOR YUM and yay for cheesecake!

This is unbaked, I forgot to snap a picture of the final!