Healthy Citrus Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
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Crust Ingredients
- nonstick cooking spray
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
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Filling Ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 (8 ounce) packages fat-free cream cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 1⁄3 cup nonfat sour cream
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
- 1 teaspoon lime zest, grated
- 1 teaspoon orange zest, grated
- 3 egg whites
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 300º F.
- Prepare the crust: Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, mix crumbs, brown sugar and butter then firmly press mixture into bottom and 2 inches up the sides of the pan.
- Prepare the filling: In a large sized mixing bowl, combine sugar and flour then add vanilla, cream cheese, and eggs. Beat until smooth. Add milk, sour cream, citrus juices and zests and beat until smooth.
- In a separate mixing bowl, using clean and dry beaters, beat egg whites at room temperature at high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time and beat until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg white mixture with cream cheese mixture.
- Pour into prepared crust and bake at 300º F for 1 hour or until set. Remove from oven and let completely cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill for 4 hours or overnight.
- Sprinkle with grated lemon, lime and orange zest before serving (optional.).
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Reviews
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I loved this cheesecake because it was so light and fluffy, and very tasty! (I'm not a fan of dense cheesecake and if you are, this probably isn't going to be your favorite cheesecake.) A couple of tips... 1 cup of grahm cracker crumbs worked out to 5 whole grahm crackers for me. Also, I had to cook the cake for an hour and a half. (Maybe because I'm at a higher elevation, or maybe because I didn't really measure the fruit juices... I just squeezed the fruits directly in to the mix.)
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