Decadent Weight Watchers Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Food

DECADENT WEIGHT WATCHERS CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325ºF.
• Lightly coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Crush cookies; sprinkle evenly over bottom of pan.
• Using an electric mixer, in a large bowl, beat together cream cheeses on lowest speed until well-blended.
• In a small bowl, combine sugar and flour; add to cream cheese mixture and beat until smooth.
• In a food processor or blender, purée cottage cheese until smooth. Add cottage cheese and almond extract to cream cheese mixture; beat until smooth. Add egg whites; beat until well-blended. Stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake until cheesecake puffs and center is almost set, about 60 minutes.
• Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely. Run a knife around sides of pan to loosen; release pan sides. Cover and chill overnight. Cut into 12 slices and serve. Yields 1 slice per serving.

WEIGHT WATCHERS CHOCOLATE CHIP MERINGUE COOKIES - WW POINTS = 2

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200ºF.
• Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray and coat with a light dusting of flour; shake off excess flour and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff, glossy peaks form; gently fold in chocolate and vanilla.
• Drop mixture by heaping tablespoons onto prepared baking sheet about 1 inch apart, making 24 cookies.
• Bake until lightly golden and no longer sticky on the surface, about 1 hour. Turn oven off and let cookies sit in oven for 1 hour. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Yields 2 cookies per serving.
• NOTE: You can make these cookies mini if you prefer. Just use heaping teaspoons of batter; not tablespoons.

WEIGHT WATCHERS CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F Wrap the outside of a 10 inch springform pan with heavy duty foil; then spray the inside entirely with nonstick spray. Press the graham cracker crumbs over the bottom and partially up the sides of the pan.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add the eggs 1 at a time beating on low speed until blended. Stir in the lemon zest. Pour the batter into the springform pan and set into a large roasting pan. Pour boiling water into the roasting pan to come halfway up the sides of the springform pan. Bake until almost completely set, 30-35 minutes.
• Turn off the oven and prop open the door with a wooden spoon; leave the cake in the oven 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack and run a knife around the edge of the pan to release the cake. Cool completely, then refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.

WEIGHT WATCHERS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Coat 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray or cover with parchment paper.
• Beat cream cheese and both sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer until sugar is fully incorporated (should not have granules); add egg and vanilla and blend again.
• Combine both flours, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl.
• Add half the flour mixture to the cream cheese mixture; beat until well incorporated. Add milk and remaining flour mixture; beat until fully blended and then fold in chips.
• Drop heaping teaspoons of dough onto prepared cookie sheet and press dough down with dampened fingers to form 1-inch cookies. Make sure to leave at least an inch between each cookie. Bake cookies until slightly golden on top, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for 1 to 2 minutes; remove to a wire rack and cool completely. Yields 1 cookie per serving.

WEIGHT WATCHERS CHEESECAKE - 3 POINTS

Steps:

• Prheat the over to 325 degrees; wrap the outside of a 10-inch springform pan with heavy duty foil; then spray the inside entirely with nonstick spray. Press the graham cracker crumbs over the bottom and partially up the sides of the pan.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla until smooth.
• Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed until blended; stir in the lemon zest.
• Pour the batter into the springform pan and set into a large roasting pan.
• Pour boiling water into the roasting pan to come halfway up the sides of the springform pan.
• Bake until almost completely set, 30-32 minutes.
• Turn off the oven and prop open the door with a wooden spoon; leave the cake in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Transfer to a rack and run a knife around the edge of the pan to release the cake.
• Cool completely, then refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.