Cottage Cheese Cheesecake Food

HEALTHY CHEESECAKE WITH COTTAGE CHEESE

Steps:

• Line an 8-inch springform pan with parchment paper on the bottom. Oil the sides of the pan if it is not non-stick.
• Preheat oven to 350°F / 176°C.

OMA'S COTTAGE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Melt butter in an 8 inch square pan. Stir in graham cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Pat over bottom and onto sides of dish. Set aside.
• In a blender, combine cottage cheese, milk, eggs, flour, lemon juice, vanilla, 2/3 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Blend until smooth. Pour into prepared crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until filling is firm. Allow to cool completely.

COTTAGE CHEESE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Grease and line a 7" round cake pan with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Whiz cottage cheese in food processor until smooth.
• Whisk together cottage cheese, yogurt, flour, sugar, salt and eggs until well combined. Add lemon juice and strawberries and stir well.
• Pour batter into prepared tin and bake 30-40 minutes, until just set.
• Let cool at least 30 minutes. Serve hot or chilled.

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE WITH A STRAWBERRY TOPPING

Steps:

• For the cheesecake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray. Use the bottom of a dry measuring cup to gently press the graham cracker crumbs into the bottom of the prepared pan; the crust will not be very thick. Spray the crust with cooking spray. Place on a rimmed baking sheet.
• In a blender, combine the cottage cheese, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla and blend until smooth. Pour into the crust and bake until almost set but still jiggly in the center, about 40 minutes. Let cool completely. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or up to overnight.
• For the strawberry sauce: While the cheesecake is baking, combine the strawberries and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring to a simmer and let simmer until the berries start to break down, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Mix the cornstarch with the water, salt and vanilla in a small bowl until completely combined, creating a slurry. Add the slurry to the strawberries and cook until it thickens, another 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then transfer to a container and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Serve the cheesecake cold, topped with the strawberry sauce.

CLASSIC CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Butter a 12 inch springform pan. Mix the pulverized graham crackers, sugar and melted butter and pat this dough into the bottom of the springform pan. Bake for 15 minutes or until set, remove and cool before filling.
• Raise the temperature to 350 degrees. With an electric mixer beat the cottage cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, flour and vanilla. Beat for 10 minutes; batter will be very thin. Pour over crust and bake for 40 minutes. Turn off oven but leave cake in for an additional 30 minutes. Do not open oven door.
• Remove cake from oven then cool cake for 2 hours. When cool, run a thin metal spatula around edge of cake. Loosen and remove sides of springform pan. Note that, when cooling, cheesecake will develop a large crack across the top.
• Slide cake onto plate. If you wish, top with pie filling or serve a wedge of cake with fresh berries.

PASSOVER COTTAGE CHEESE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven rack at middle of oven; preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Prepare the crust:.
• In a small bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add matzo meal, sugar and cinnamon; beat until it resembles coarse meal. Add wine, blend just until it holds together.
• Press onto bottom (and partly up the sides) of an ungreased 8 inch springform pan.
• Prepare the filling:.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the cottage cheese and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in sugar. Add sour cream, potato starch, rind and vanilla; beat until combined well.
• In a separate bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites until they just hold stiff peaks.
• Stir ½ cup of the beaten egg whites into the cheese mixture. Fold in remaining egg whites gently but thoroughly.
• Pour on top of prepared crust.
• Bake for 1 hour. Turn off oven; let cake cool in oven with door slightly open.
• Chill in the pan at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Run a thin knife around edge of pan; remove side of pan.

AMAZING NO-BAKE COTTAGE CHEESE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make the crust by combining crumbs sugar and stirring in melted butter. Press into a 9" spring-form pan and refrigerate while you prepare filling.
• In a blender or food processor, process cottage cheese until smooth. Stir in dissolved Jell-o powder and pulse to combine. Dump into a separate bowl and fold in Cool Whip streight from freezer, do not thaw. When evenly combined, pour over prepared crust and chill in refrigerator until set (3 hours).

HEALTHY 6" CHEESECAKE (MADE WITH COTTAGE CHEESE) LOW CARB &

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a food processor, blend the cream cheese until smooth. Add the cottage cheese and blend with the cream cheese. Add the sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, and milled chia seeds (for thickening). Blend away until no lumps remain. Add the egg and egg white. Blend again until evenly mixed.
• Pour all the mixture into a 6" springform pan that has been sprayed with PAM.
• Place in the oven and bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 250 degrees without opening the door. Bake another 20 minutes, or until a thermometer inserted 1" from the edge reaches 155 degrees.
• Remove from the oven. Run a knife around the edge. Let cool on the counter with a hot pad holder on top to keep it from dropping temperature too fast. After 30-45 minutes move it to the fridge and chill eight hours, or overnight.
• Yummy Variations: Just omit lemon juice and then. . .
• Chocolate Truffle: Add 1/4 Celsius cocoa powder and increase sugar to 3/4 Celsius Add 1-2 oz melted bittersweet chocolate for more richness.
• Pumpkin: Add 1 cup canned pumpkin, 1/2 t. cinnamon, 1/4 t. allspice, 1/8 t. nutmeg. If you love pumpkin spices a lot, double them (I do).
• Chocolate Chip: Stir 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips to the batter before baking (sub 3/4 t. mint extract for a mint chocolate chip).
• Peanut Butter: Add 1/2 cup peanut butter with the cottage cheese.
• Banana-Walnut: Add 3/4 cup mashed banana with the cottage cheese. Stir in walnuts right before pouring mixture into the pan.
• Ricotta: Keep lemon juice. Sub 1/2 the cottage cheese for ricotta.
• Fruit Swirled: Keep lemon juice. Swirl in preserves or sugar free spread into the top of the cheesecake before baking.

COTTAGE CHEESE CHEESECAKE WITH OREO CRUST

Steps:

• For the crumb crust: In a bowl, mix together the ingredients until well combined. Press into a 9 inch springform pan or a 10 inch pie plate.
• For the chilled cheesecake: Combine the gelatin and 3/4 cup of sugar in a medium saucepan.
• Beat the egg yolks, then stir in the milk gradually.
• Stir into the gelatin mixture and place over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly for 3-5 minutes or until gelatin dissolves and mixture is slightly thickened.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon rind, lemon juice and vanilla extract.
• Beat the cottage cheese with and electric mixer at high speed for 3-5 minutes or until completely smooth. Stir into gelatin mixture, then chill, stirring occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Add 1/4 cup sugar gradually and beat until very stiff. Fold into the gelatin mixture, then fold in the whipped cream.
• Turn into the prepared pan. Chill for 3-4 hours or until firm. Loosen side of pan with a sharp knife and release springform.
• You can decorate the cheesecake with chocolate leaves in a circular pattern on top and/or place fresh raspberries in the center.