Cherry Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- cooking spray
- 3⁄4 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbps. cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchatel)
- 1 (8 ounce) container fat free cream cheese
- 2 large eggs
- 1⁄2 cup nonfat milk
- 1⁄3 cup nonfat sour cream
- 3 large egg whites
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 (20 ounce) can light cherry pie filling
directions
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Coat a 9-inch sprinform pan with cooking spray. Combine crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar, and butter. Firmly press crumb mixture into bottom and 2-inches up sides of pan.
- Combine 2/3 cup sugar, flour, and next 5 ingredients (flour through eggs) in a large bowl; beat at high speed of a mixer until smooth. Add milk and sour cream to cheese mixture; beat until smooth.
- Beat egg whites (at room temperature) at high speed of a mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoons at a time, beating untl stiff peaks form using clean, dry beaters. Gently fold egg white mixture into cheese mixtue.
- Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 300F for 55 minutes or until almost set. Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack; cover and chill 8 hours. Top with pie filling.
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