Cottage Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
1 pie
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
- 3 cups cottage cheese
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light cream
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I used vanilla)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
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Topping
- 1⁄2 cup whipping cream (Cool Whip works)
- chocolate syrup
- peaches or strawberry (I used fruit)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, combine crumbs, sugar and butter; mix well and press on bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
- Chill.
- In a medium bowl, blend the cottage cheese until creamy.
- In a separate bowl, beat the eggs at high speed until fluffy.
- Gradually beat the sugar into the eggs.
- Add the cottage cheese into the egg mixture along with the cream, flour, lemon juice, extract, and salt.
- Mix well.
- Pour the mixture over the the crust.
- Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Cool to room temperature and then remove the sides of the pan.
- Chill.
- Top with whipped cream/Cool Whip then drizzle chocolate or spoon fruit on top.
- Refrigerate leftovers.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Janet Knowles
United States
Native Floridian--an original coconut. I'm a Nurse Practitioner (currently unemployed). I have 4 children, 2 dogs and 3 cats.