Orange Cheesecake Recipe

Cheesecake (Orange)

Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients

CRUST
1 c soft wholewheat bread crumbs
1/4 c bran (natural)
1/4 c brown sugar subs (sugartwin)
1/2 ts ground cinnamon
2 tb butter or margarine

FILLING
1 tb unflavored gelatin (1 pkg)
1/3 c water
2 c 2% cottage cheese
1/3 c orange juice
1 ts orange rind
1 sm banana
2 tb white sugar subs. sugartwin
1 ts lemon juice
1 sm orange
8 strawberries or grapes

Instructions

CRUST: Combine 1st 4 ingredients in a bowl. With fingers, rub in butter until mixture is crumbly. Press onto bottom of 7-8" springform pan.

FILLING: In small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over water & let stand about 5 minutes to soften. Place over low heat, stirring until gelatin dissolves. Let cool to room temperature. In food processoror blender, combine cottage cheese, orange juice & rind, banana, sweetener, lemon juice & dissolved gelatin. Puree until smooth (mash cottage cheese, banana with sweetener, juices & gelatin or press through sieve). Pour over prepared crust. Cover & chill 2-4 hrs or until set. At serving time, remove side from pan. With wide metal lifter, slip cheesecake off bottom of pan onto serving plate or leave on base of springform pan. Peel orange, removing pith & thin membrane. Remove sections. Slice strawberries or grapes. Arrange on top of cheesecake along with orange slices.

Exchanges 1/8 cheesecake: 1 Fruits & Vegetables Choice 1 Protein Choice; 12 g carbohydrate; 10 g protein 4 g fat; 124 calories

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