Guilt Free Cheesecake
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 8-10 servings 1x
Ingredients
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- 3 eggs
- 9 oz. cottage cheese
- 3/4 cup cream cheese
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tbs. grated lemon zest
- 1 tbs. lemon juice
- Your favorite jam
- Whipped cream
For the Crust:
- 2 cups Cheerios
- 1 pat of butter
Instructions
- In a clean food processor place the Cheerios and process until smooth.
- Butter a 9 inch pie dish.
- Spread the processed Cheerios along the bottom of the pie dish and set aside.
- Place in a food processor the eggs, cottage cheese, cream cheese and sugar; process until smooth.
- Add the cornstarch, baking powder, vanilla, lemon zest and lemon juice and give a quick
- process.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pie dish.
- Bake 55 minutes or until firm.
- Let cool, then refrigerate. Top with your favorite jam and whipped cream.
Notes
This is a cheesecake without all of the guilt and yet is delicious!!
**Adapted from Richard Simmons.
Enjoy with Love,
Catherine
Kim Vealey says
Guilt Free Cheesecake? Like unicorns and the Loch Ness Monster....I didn't think it exists!! Looks great, Catherine!
Gone-ta-pott says
I'll take all the cheesecake I can get. It's a real favorite of mine and as much as I love it I should write down your guilt free recipe.
Heather {Woods of Bell Trees} says
I'm not sure that there is anything as amazing as cheesecake! This looks sooo tasty! Since it's guilt free can I have two slices??? 😀 Mmmm
Diane Balch says
Great idea to lighten it with cottage cheese and cheerio crust... thanks for bringing your cake to foodie friday.
Marsha Baker says
I looove 'lighter' recipes like this. Looks awesome. Thanks a million for sharing at Weekend Potluck! Please do come back soon.
Pam says
It looks delicious and I love that you can eat it without a ton of guilt.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
The crust is a riot -- I love it. I'm all in for no guilt desserts!