Healthier Honey Vanilla Cheesecake Recipes

HONEY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Have ingredients at room temperature. Beat cream cheese smooth and fluffy.
• Beat in honey and vanilla.
• Blend in eggs.
• Pour into a buttered and crumb lined 9 inch springform pan.
• Place in a hot water bath.
• Bake in a 350F oven until set ( about 1 1 /2 hours or less ). Remove from waterbath to cool on rack.
• Chill over night before serving.

HONEY VANILLA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• CHEESECAKE In a food processor or blender, blend until smooth cream cheese, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, and cornstarch. Add honey and vanilla extract and blend again. Add egg substitute and blend until mixture is smooth. Pour into prepared crust (see below). Bake 20 minutes at 300 degrees then reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees and bake 60 minutes longer or until sides are set and center is fluid but not sloshing. Turn off oven and allow cake to cool 1 hour in oven. Remove and cool to room temperature. Chill, covered, overnight before slicing. Serve topped with puréed strawberries or raspberries, adding bit a sugar, if desired. Makes 16 servings. GINGERSNAP CRUST Combine thoroughly in food processor or blender gingersnap cookies and sugar. Add egg white, blending until mixture is moisened. Press mixture on bottom and up sides of 8- or 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove crust from oven. Reduce heat to 300 degrees. Fill an oven-proof dish with about 1 inch of warm water and place it at the back of the oven to provide steam for the cheesecake while it bakes.

HEALTHIER HONEY-VANILLA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Put the walnuts in a food processor. Add the graham cracker crumbs, and while the machine is still running, slowly add the orange juice until the mixture begins to adhere.
• Press the crumb crust evenly over the bottom of a 10-inch spring-form pan. Pre-bake the crust in a 300°F oven until the crust has dried and resembles a cookie, about 15 minutes.
• Purée the cottage and ricotta cheeses in a food processor until smooth. Add the drained yogurt and remaining ingredients. Continue to purée until smooth.
• Pour the cheese mixture over the crust and bake in a 300°F oven for 15 minutes. Place a bowl of water in the oven below the cheesecake and lower the oven temperature to 200°F Bake until set, 1½ hours more. Allow the cheesecake to cool completely before slicing.