Email to Phyllis_ aka_ Filus      

SAY "CHEESECAKE"

Source of Recipe

LooneySpoons - by Janet & Greta Podleski

SAY "CHEESECAKE"
A great guilt-free treat!

Makes 8 large slices.

1 1/2 cups crushed low-fat graham wafers
1 tbsp. sugar
1 egg white
1 cup low-fat (1%) cottage cheese
2 cups low-fat sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 egg 2 egg whites
2 tsp. vanilla
1 can (21 ozs.) cherry or blueberry pie filling, or fresh fruit to top cake

Preheat oven to 375 F. In a small bowl, mix together graham crumbs and sugar. Add egg white. Stir until well blended. Press crumb mixture firmly over bottom and part way up sides of springform pan. Bake just until edges feel firm and dry, about 8 minutes. Be careful not to overbake. Set aside to cool. Reduce oven to 300 F.

In blender, process cottage cheese and sour cream until smooth (about 1 minute)/ Add sugar, flour, egg, egg whites and vanilla and process again until well blended.

Pour filling into pie crust and bake about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until edges are dry to touch and center jiggles only slightly when pan is shaken. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 5 hours before serving. Run a knife along inside edge of pan and remove sides. Serve with pie filling or fresh fruit on top.

Per slice (with cherry pie filling): 281 calories, 3.6 g fat, 53.7 g carbohydrate, 11 g protein, 234 mg sodium, 31 mg cholesterol Calories from fat: 11.1%