Lighter Berry Cheesecake

Lighter Berry Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients
Cake:
Cooking spray
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
3/4 cup, plus 2 teaspoons, sugar, divided
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 pound 2% reduced-fat cottage cheese
1 (8-ounce) block reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 eggs, room temperature
2 egg whites, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Topping:
4 cups strawberries or blackberries
1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam or orange marmalade
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 300F. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine cracker crumbs, 2 teaspoons sugar and butter. Press evenly on bottom of pan. 
3. Place cheeses in bowl of a food processor; process until smooth. Add 3/4 cup sugar, sour cream, flour, eggs, egg whites and vanilla; process until smooth. Pour into pan and bake 55 minutes or until just set. Cool on wire rack. Refrigerate several hours to overnight.
4. For topping, remove rim from pan and arrange berries on top of cake. Stir jam with a whisk until smooth. Spoon over fruit. Some berries will not be entirely covered. Serves 10.
Recipe by Jean Kressy.

"Lightened Classics," Jan. 2010
Nutritional Information
Per serving: 240 calories, 9g fat, 70mg chol., 10g prot., 33g carbs., 1g fiber, 320mg sodium.


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I enjoy reading Relish magazine but I do have a problem with the cheesecake recipe in the last issue.
I have never made cheesecake before and would have liked having more specific directions or at least a comment on what the batter should look like when finished adding all of the ingredients. I have the cheesecake in the over right now and have my fingers crossed that a temperature of 300 degrees is high enough and 55 minutes is long enough to bake. After spending so much money on the ingredients, I will be very upset if this does not turn out.
Thanks for listening!
jeannie910
1/13/10 12:49 PM

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