Lighter Berry Cheesecake
- Yield: 10 servings
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 55 mins
Ingredients
- Cake:
- -- cooking spray
- 1/2cup graham cracker crumbs
- 3/4cup sugar, plus 2 teaspoons, divided
- 1tablespoon butter, melted
- 1pound 2% reduced-fat cottage cheese
- 8ounces block reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 3/4cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 3tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2-- eggs, room temperature
- 2-- egg whites, room temperature
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- Topping:
- 4cups strawberries or blackberries
- 1/3cup seedless raspberry jam or orange marmalade
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300F. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
- Combine cracker crumbs, 2 teaspoons sugar and butter. Press evenly on bottom of pan.
- 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.
- 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.
Recipe by Jean Kressy.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 280
- Glycemic Load 11
- Fat 10g
- Saturated Fat 5g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
- Monounsaturated Fat 2.5g
- Cholesterol 65mg
- Sodium 330mg
- Potassium 270mg
- Carbohydrate 38g
- Fiber 2g
- Sugars 30g
- Protein 11g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 6%
- Vitamin C 70%
- Calcium 10%
- Iron 4%
