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
Katerina says
Don't ask me I would definitely say yes to this cheesecake!
sississima says
I love cheesecake! xxx Silvia
Zainab Mansaray says
I love how light this is and yet no compromise on the taste!! Amazing!!
Liz Berg says
I love the idea of a lighter cheesecake! You'd never know from looking at it! Beautiful!
Miz Helen says
Hi Catherine,
I can almost taste you amazing Cheesecake, I can't wait to make your recipe. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a very special week.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Emma @ Fork and Good says
What a creative idea! This looks wonderful! 🙂
Chiara Giglio says
a great idea Cheerios for crust ! have a lovely week my dear, a hug...
Kim G. says
Guilt free cheesecake???? Here I comme:)
T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types says
We can all use a little less guilt! The use of cottage cheese, and Cheerios for the crust is brilliant!
Terri Henkels says
Who can beat a guilt free dessert especially this cheesecake. From the ingredients it sounds like it would be just as good as the high fat ones. Pinning to my bucket list! Thank you for sharing with the Four Seasons Blog Hop.