Healthy Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
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(143 calories)
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(630 calories)
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We've taken on the mother of all decadent seasonal desserts: the pumpkin cheesecake. And our new-and-improved recipe has the pie flavor you want, the cheesecake texture you need, and the low calorie count you deserve!
HG's Perfect Pumpkin Cheesecake
1/8th of recipe (1 slice): 143 calories, 5.5g total fat (3.5g sat. fat), 299mg sodium, 18g carbs, 1.5g fiber, 5.5g sugars, 10.5g protein
Prep:
15 minutes
Cook:
50 minutes
Cool: 1 hour, plus 3 hours chill time
Ingredients:
1/2 cup reduced-fat cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups light/low-fat ricotta cheese
3/4 cup canned pure pumpkin
1/2 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt
1/2 cup egg whites or fat-free liquid egg substitute
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup Truvia spoonable calorie-free sweetener (or another no-calorie granulated sweetener; see HG FYI)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 sheet (4 crackers) low-fat honey graham crackers, lightly crushed
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9" springform cake pan with nonstick spray. Wrap foil around the bottom of the pan to prevent condensation from dripping into the oven.
In a large bowl, stir cream cheese until smooth. Add ricotta cheese and pumpkin. With an electric mixer set to medium speed, beat until smooth, 1 - 2 minutes. Continue to beat while gradually adding all remaining ingredients except graham crackers. Beat until smooth, another 1 - 2 minutes.
Evenly pour mixture into the cake pan.
Bake until firm and light golden brown, about 50 minutes.
Let cool completely, about 1 hour.
Refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours.
Sprinkle with crushed graham crackers. Release springform, and slice.
MAKES 8 SERVINGS
HG FYI: Truvia spoonable calorie-free sweetener is about twice as sweet as sugar. If using a no-calorie granulated sweetener that measures cup-for-cup like sugar instead of Truvia, double the amount called for in this recipe.
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