Amaretti Cheesecake

Name: Amaretti Cheesecake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 158 milliliters amaretti cookie crumbs (about 16 cookies); 2 Tbsps butter, melted; 454 grams blocks fat-free cream cheese, softened and divided; 227 grams block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened; 2 larges eggs; 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp sugar

This recipe makes 10 servings with 306 calories, 8g of protein, and 19g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. If you have almond extract, amaretti cookie crumbs, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

To prepare crust, combine first 3 ingredients, tossing with a fork until moist and crumbly. Gently press mixture into bottom of a 7-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Crust

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Springform Pan

To prepare filling, beat 1 block fat-free cream cheese and 1/3-less-fat cream cheese with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

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Blender

Add remaining 1 block fat-free cream cheese; beat until blended.

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Fat Free Cream Cheese

Add 2/3 cup sugar and flour; beat well.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in almond extract.

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Almond Extract

Egg

Pour batter over crust in pan.

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Crust

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Frying Pan

Pour 1 cup hot water into bottom of a 5-quart electric slow cooker.

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Water

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Slow Cooker

Place a rack in slow cooker (rack should be taller than water level).

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Water

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Slow Cooker

Place pan on rack.

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Frying Pan

Place several layers of paper towels over slow cooker insert. Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours or until center of cheesecake barely moves when pan is touched.

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Paper Towels