Yogurt cheesecake fat free

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
64 ounces Nonfat yogurt; plain
6¼ ounce Health valley date delight ff cookies; ground into crumbs
1 cup Honey
2 teaspoons Vanilla
5 tablespoons Arrowroot
5 Egg whites

Directions

The recipe is from a book called "Cooking Without Fat" by George Meteljan, published and distributed by Health Valley Foods. All of the recipes in the book call for Health Valley products which are generally very good. The cheesecake recipe calls or a crust make from Health Valley cookies. I use a different crust made from Grapenuts. Recipes for both crusts follow. The cheesecake made with the cookie crust yields 12 servings at 214 calories each, but only .3 grams of fat per serving.

I really like this cheesecake because it is rich and creamy, but it is a little tart for my taste. If anyone can figure out how to take the bite out of it, I would love to hear from you.

The cheesecake recipe calls for "yogurt cheese" made from 64 oz of plain, nonfat yogurt. Yogurt cheese is made by wrapping the yogurt in cheesecloth and allowing it to drain (put it in a strainer suspended over a larger bowl) for 24 hours.

Preheat oven to 300 F Moisten fingers with water and press cookie crumbs over bottom and up sides of 9-10" pie pan (spray with PAM or something first)

Beat yogurt cheese, honey, vanilla, arrowroot, and egg whites until well blended and pour mixture into crumb lined pan.

Bake at 300 deg F for 60-75 min, until center is set and surface is lightly browned.

Cool and chill before serving.

Alternate crust: Omit cookies and substitute grapenuts moistened with unsweetened, apple juice concentrate. I don't really measure, but you might start with 6 oz apple juice concentrate and 1½ C of grapenuts. Spread it over the pie plate and up the sides. If it is not enough to cover, make some more in about the same proportions.

Recipe by: Cooking Without Fat,George Meteljan (Laurie) Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by louiseh <louiseh@...> on Apr 30, 1998

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