Almost Fat-Free Lemon Cheescake! Yum!

Ingredients
Crust:

* Cooking spray
* 1 3/4 cups fat-free vanilla wafer cookie crumbs, or any fat-free cookie crumbs of your choice
* 1/4 cup fat-free butter substitute, melted

Filling:

* 3 (8-ounce) packages fat-free cream cheese
* 1 cup fat-free sour cream
* 2 cups sugar substitute [Recommended: Splenda]
* 3/4 cup egg substitute
* 2 teaspoons lemon zest
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Lemon Curd:

* 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
* 6 tablespoons lemon juice
* 1 large egg, plus 1 large egg yolk
* 1/2 cup sugar substitute [Recommended: Splenda]
* 2 tablespoons fat-free butter substitute, cut into bits

Directions

Make crust: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Lightly spray a (9-inch) pie pan with cooking spray. Mix crumbs and melted butter in a bowl. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and up side of pan. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly golden and crust is set. Cool on rack.

Make filling: In large bowl with electric mixer on medium-high, beat cream cheese and sour cream for 2 to 3 minutes until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar or sugar substitute. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, just until incorporated. Beat in zest and juice. Pour into crust. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour, 15 minutes, or until center is almost set, but still slightly jiggly. (Do not over bake, as it will firm as it cools). Let cool completely.

Make lemon curd: Combine lemon zest, lemon juice, egg, egg yolk, and sugar or sugar substitute over a warm pan. Whisk until hot and frothy, about 5 minutes. Gradually whisk in butter and continue whisking for 7 minutes or until thickened and coats back of spoon. Remove from heat and cool for 30 minutes.

Spread lemon curd over top. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Garnish with raspberries and zest, if desired. Cool cheesecake in refrigerator several hours or overnight before serving.


This can make 8-16 servings, depending on how you cut it. Here's how the calories play out:

8 servings = 268 calories/slice
12 servings = 179 calories/slice [This is what I do!]
16 servings = 134 calories/slice

Happy baking!