Fluffy Lemon Cheesecake Made With Reduced Fat Pie Crust Recipes

LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.)
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in flour. Beat in lemon juice and egg substitute. Stir in yogurt. Pour into crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until filling is set. Allow to cool. Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.

JOANNE'S ALMOST FAT-FREE LEMON CHEESECAKE (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Lightly spray a 9" springform pan with cooking spray.
• Mix crumbs and melted butter in a bowl.
• Press crumb mixture onto bottom and 1 1/2 inches 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 Splenda.
• 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 overbake, as it will firm as it cools).
• Let cool completely.
• Make lemon curd: In the top of a double boiler, combine lemon zest, lemon juice, egg, egg yolk, and Splenda over gently simmering water.
• 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.
• Run a thin blade around the edge of the springform pan and remove sides.
• Transfer to a serving plate.
• Spread lemon curd over top.
• Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Garnish with raspberries, if desired.
• Cool cheesecake in refrigerator several hours or overnight before serving.
• Note: When I put just Splenda in the ingredients, it would not take it. I would not recommend using anything but sugar or Splenda in this - no other substitutes.

LIGHT LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Spray 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle with 1/2 of the graham cracker crumbs; set aside.
• Dissolve gelatin completely in boiling water in a small bowl, stirring 2 minutes.
• Pour into blender container.
• Add cheeses; cover.
• Blend on medium speed until smooth, scraping down sides occasionally.
• Pour into large bowl.
• Gently stir in whipped topping.
• Spread in prepared pie plate.
• Sprinkle remaining crumbs around outside edge, leaving center plain.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.
• Just before serving, gently spread pie filling onto center of cheesecake.

FLUFFY LEMON CHEESECAKE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Using food processor, finely crush cereal.
• In medium bowl, mix crushed cereal and brown sugar with fork. Stir in melted butter until well mixed. Press in bottom and up side of ungreased 9-inch pie plate.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in granulated sugar. Add sour cream, vanilla, lemon peel and lemon juice; beat until well mixed. Fold in whipped topping. Refrigerate until ready to fill pie.
• Spread filling evenly into fully cooled crust. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours to set.
• For flag design, arrange blueberries in upper left area of pie to create stars; alternately arrange raspberries and strawberry slices in rows over pie to create stripes. Serve immediately. Store covered in refrigerator.

NO-BAKE LOW FAT LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For crust: Mix everything together in a bowl.
• Press into pie pan using fingers or back of spoon.
• For filling: Process/blend all ingredients until smooth.
• Pour into crust.
• Regrigerate overnight, or until set.

LEMON LUSCIOUS NO BAKE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Method;.
• Base:.
• Crush the graham crackers or crumbs into a bowl, mix with melted butter and sugar.
• Press into a 9 inch spring form pan.
• Bake 325 degrees for 10 minutes.
• This is to help set it. Let Cool.
• Filling:.
• Prepare boxed Lemon Pie filling with the two egg yolks and water as listed on the back of the package directions. Cook until thick. Remove from heat(. Note: the package says to add butter, do NOT for this recipe.).
• Sprinkle the envelope of gelatin over the 1/4 cup cold water and let soften this is blooming.
• When softened nicely a few minutes, add to the lemon pie filling which is still hot, and stir well to dissolve completely the gelatin.
• Cover the top surface directly with plastic wrap, and set aside to cool.
• Cream the cream cheese until smooth , adding in the 1/2 cup sugar.
• Continue to whip until smooth and fluffy.
• Remove 1 cup of the lemon cooled custard for the top of the dessert.
• Add the remainder of the cooled lemon into the cheese/sugar mixture and blend into the mixture until evenly blended, and smooth.
• Whip the one cup whipping cream with the envelope of Whip It and envelope of Vanilla Sugar, whipping until stiff.
• Remove 3/4 cup of the whipped cream for the topping.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold into the remaining whipped cream.
• Now add the remaining whiped cream into the lemon cheese mixture, blending evenly in gently folding thru manner.
• Pour the lemon /cheese/whipping cream mixture over the cooled baked crust.
• Chill at least fifteen minutes or more to firm up.
• Spread the cooled cooked remaining lemon filling over chilled layer.
• So now you have a three layer look, crust, light yellow lemon cheese, then the dark straight layer of lemon.
• Chill until firm .
• You can just before serving time add a fourth layer by spreading the remaining whipped cream over evenly, or serve with the remaining whipped cream dollaped on top of each slice with some nice raspberries, blueberries and strawberries.
• I must admit that the egg whites sometimes I don't whip and use them at all, and it comes out really the same in the end. So that step and ingredient can be optional if worried about raw egg white. But remember the gelatin added to the base filling is there and the liquid of the egg whites is part of the recipes liquid -- Just a note to puzzle you more if you should or shouldn't use whites.