Healthy Cheesecake

Name: Healthy Cheesecake
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters packed brown sugar; 2 Tbsps butter, melted; 3 Tbsps cake flour; 454 grams cups 2% cottage cheese; 118 milliliters egg substitute; 237 milliliters reduced-fat graham cracker crumbs (about 5 whole crackers); 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 1 teaspoons grated lemon peel; 113 grams reduced-fat cream cheese; 227 grams cup reduced-fat plain yogurt; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Healthy Cheesecake requires around 1 hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 12 servings with 193 calories, 8g of protein, and 6g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only If you have brown sugar, graham cracker crumbs, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and cinnamon; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a 9-in. springform pan coated with cooking spray.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Cooking Spray

Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Butter

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Springform Pan

Bowl

Place on a baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 325° for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

In a blender or food processor, combine cottage cheese and yogurt. Cover and process until smooth; set aside. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.

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Cottage Cheese

Cream Cheese

Yogurt

Sugar

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Food Processor

Blender

Bowl

Add egg substitute; beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in the flour, lemon juice, lemon peel and vanilla. Fold in cottage cheese mixture.

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Cottage Cheese

Egg Substitute

Lemon Juice

Lemon Peel

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Pour into crust.

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Crust

Return pan to baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Frying Pan

Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Knife