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New York Cheesecake

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 16 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Cheesecake
1 1/4 cups 182g / 6.4ozVanilla wafer crumbs
4 tablespoons 60mlMargarine - melted
3   Equal sweetener
  = (or 1 tspn Equal for Recipes
  Or 2 tbspns Equal Spoonful)
2   Reduced-fat cream cheese - (8 oz ea) - softened
1   Fat-free cream cheese - (8 oz) - softened
18   Equal sweetener
  = (or 5 1/2 tspns Equal for Recipes
  Or 3/4 cup Equal Spoonful)
2   Eggs
2   Egg whites
2 tablespoons 30mlCornstarch
1 cup 237mlReduced-fat sour cream
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla
1   Strawberries - (optional), sliced
  Strawberry Sauce
1   Frozen unsweetened strawberries - (16 oz) - thawed
1 tablespoon 15mlLemon juice
6   Equal sweetener
  = (or 1 3/4 tspns Equal for Recipes
  Or 1/4 cup Equal Spoonful)

Recipe Instructions

Mix vanilla wafer crumbs, margarine, and 3 packets of Equal sweetener or 1 teaspoon Equal for Recipes or 2 tablespoon Equal Spoonful in bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Reserve 1 tablespoon of crumb mixture. Pat remaining mixture evenly on bottom and 1/2 inch up the side of the pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven until crust is lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Beat cream cheese and 18 packets Equal sweetener or 5 1/2 teaspoons Equal for Recipes or 3/4 cup Equal Spoonful in a large bowl until fluffy; beat in eggs, egg whites, and cornstarch. Mix in sour cream and vanilla until well blended. Pour mixture into crust in pan.

Place cheesecake in roasting pan on oven rack; add 1-inch hot water to roasting pan. Bake in preheated 300 degree oven just until set in the center, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove cheesecake from roasting pan, sprinkle with reserved crumbs and return to oven. Turn oven off and let cheesecake cool in oven with door ajar for 3 hours. refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.

Remove side of pan; place cheesecake on serving plate. Serve with strawberries and Strawberry Sauce.

This recipe yields 16 Cheesecake and 16 Strawberry Sauce servings. Serving size: 1 slice Cheesecake, 1 ounce Strawberry Sauce.

Exchanges Per Serving: Cheesecake - 1 Milk, 2 1/2 Fat. Strawberry Sauce - Free Food.

Cheesecake Nutrition Facts: Calories 187; Fat 12g; Cholesterol 56mg; Sodium 253mg; Carbohydrates 13g; Protein 7g.

Strawberry Sauce Nutrition Facts: Calories 12; Fat 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 1mg; Carbohydrates 3g; Protein 0g.

Source:
American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org

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