Cheesecake Recipes
Recipe - Lemony Light Cheesecake
Crust:
15 reduced-fat creme-filled chocolate
sandwich cookies, finely crushed (about 1 1/2 cups crumbs)
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine melted
Filling:
3 packages (8 oz. each) light cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
4 eggs
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
Grease bottom and sides of 9 inch springform pan with shortening.
To make Crust, combine cookie crumbs and butter in medium bowl; mix well.
Press mixture firmly into bottom of springform pan. Chill while making Filling.
To make Filling, place cream cheese, sugar, and flour in mixer bowl. Attach
bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds.
Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds longer. Stop
and scrape bowl.
Add eggs, lemon juice, and lemon peel.
Turn to Stir Speed and mix about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape bowl.
Turn to Speed 2 and mix 15 to 30 seconds longer, just until blended.
Do not over beat.
Pour Filling into Crust.
Place top oven rack in center of oven. Place pan of hot water on bottom rack
of oven. Place cheesecake on rack in center of oven. Bake at 325ºF for 50 to
60 minutes, or until cheesecake is set when pan is jiggled slightly. Do not
over bake.
Turn off oven; open oven door. Let cheesecake stand in oven 30 minutes.
Remove from oven. Cool completely on wire rack away from drafts. Cover and refrigerate 6 to 8 hours before serving.
Yield: 16 servings.
Per serving: About 169 cal, 6 gm pro, 20 gm carb, 7 gm fat,
68 mg chol, 214 mg sodium.
Cheesecake - Banana Pudding Cheesecake
8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
2 cups cold milk
1 small box instant banana pudding mix
1 (9-inch) graham cracker crust
Using a blender or mixer - Stir cream cheese until very soft,
gradually blending in 1/2 cup of milk until smooth and creamy.
Add remaining milk and the pudding mix. Beat slowly on low for one
minute (DO NOT OVER BEAT). Pour into cool graham cracker crust.
Sprinkle extra graham cracker crust crumbs on top (if you have some).
This makes it extra crunchy and looks nice. Chill.
Easy Recipe - Quick and Easy Cheesecake
1 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
Mix all ingredients together. Pour into graham cracker crust. Bake at
350º for 40 minutes. Cool, then refrigerate for 3 hours.
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