Piña Colada Cheesecake Bars

Name: Piña Colada Cheesecake Bars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter, melted; 1 Tbsp canola oil; 2 Tbsps coconut flour or all-purpose flour; 57 grams 1/4 cup block-style fat-free cream cheese, softened; 177 milliliters egg substitute; 237 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 2 Tbsps grated lemon rind; 237 milliliters 2% low-fat cottage cheese; 237 milliliters chopped fresh pineapple; 1 Tbsp pineapple juice; 1 Dash salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps turbinado sugar; 59 milliliters unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 Tbsp water

Piña Colada Cheesecake Bars requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 16. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 121 calories. Head to the store and pick up pineapple juice, sugar, coconut, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare crust, combine first 4 ingredients in a bowl.

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Crust

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Bowl

Add butter, oil, and 1 tablespoon water; toss well. Press mixture into the bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Butter

Water

Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

To prepare filling, combine cottage cheese and the next 7 ingredients (through salt) in a food processor, and process until smooth.

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Cottage Cheese

Salt

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Food Processor

Add egg substitute, and process until blended.

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Egg Substitute

Spread cheese mixture over cooled crust.

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Cheese

Crust

Bake at 350 for 33 minutes or until set. Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until thoroughly chilled. Top with pineapple and coconut.

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Pineapple