Low Fat Cheesecake Recipes

Ingredients:

1 vegetable cooking spray
1/4 cup amaretti cookie crumbs (about 28 sm, all cookies)
24 oz low-fat cottage cheese
16 oz light cream cheese
1 cup sugar, divided
2 tbsp amaretto
2 eggs
4 egg whites
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
2 3/4 cup fresh strawberries, halved
1 tbsp sugar

Instructions:

From Cooking Light, March/April 1991.

Coat the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan with cooking spray; sprinkle
with crumbs, and set aside. Position knife blade in food processor bowl;
add cottage cheese and cream cheese, and process until smooth. Add 3/4
cup sugar, amaretto, and whole eggs; process until smooth. Pour into a
large bowl; set aside. Beat egg whites (at room temperature) and cream of
tartar at high speed of an electric mixer until foamy. Gradually add
remaining 1/4 cup sugar, 1 Tbsp at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
Genlty stir 1/4 of egg white mixture into cheese mixture. Gently fold in
remaining egg white mixture. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake at 325
degrees for 50 minutes. Remove pan from oven. Cool 15 minutes. Cover
and chill at least 8 hours. Combine 3/4 cup strawberries and 1 Tbsp sugar
in container of an electric blender; cover and process until smooth.
Arrange remaining 2 cups strawberries on top of cheesecake. Drizzle with
strawberry glaze.

Calories per serving: 200
Fat grams per serving: 7
Cholesterol per serving: 49mg

Servings: 14