Guilt-Free No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 cheesecake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
-
Crust
- 6 whole low-fat honey graham crackers, crushed to fine breadcrumbs (2 squares each)
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon honey, mixed with butter
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Filling
- 1 (3 ounce) box strawberry kiwi gelatin powder
- 2⁄3 cup boiling water
- 1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese
- sugar
- 2 teaspoons strawberry extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Topping
- 1 pint fresh strawberries (about 12 oz)
- 2 tablespoons strawberry jelly, melted
- mint leaf, to garnish (optional)
directions
- Coat an 8x3-inch springform pan with non-stick spray.
- Crust: Mix crumbs with butter mixture until evenly moistened. Press firmly over bottom and 3/4 inches up side of prepared pan. Place in freezer.
- Filling: Stir gelatin and the boiling water in a 1-cup measure until gelatin has completely dissolved. Puree cottage cheese in a food processor until creamy. Add gelatin, cream cheese, sugar, and extract; process until blended and smooth. Pour into prepared crust; smooth top. Cover pan and refrigerate about 4 hours, or until filling has set.
- Topping: Wash and dry strawberries; remove stems. Cut each in quarters lengthwise and place in a bowl; add jelly and gently toss to coat.
- Remove sides of springform pan and transfer cheesecake to a serving platter. Spoon berry mixture on top and sprinkle with mint leaves.
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I am 32, and I was born and raised in Somerset, Pennsylvania. I am married to a wonderful man and I have one daughter age 7 of my own, but on the weekends we have his son, age 12, and sometimes his daughter at our house. I have found cooking for a lot of different tastes is more difficult than I expected. I work full-time as a secretary and I am usually on the run most nights. I love to make good comfort foods on the weekends, but have very picky eaters. Always looking for good crock-pot recipes where I can throw everything together and forget about it until dinner time!