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White Chocolate-Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake
Author/Submitted by: Weight Watchers Magazine, December 1996
Servings: 16
Categories:
Cheesecakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
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Low-Fat/Low-Cal
Ingredients: 32
ounces
plain nonfat yogurt,
drained overnight
1
cup
dried cranberries 1/2
cup
water 1/2
cup
light corn syrup 3
tablespoons
water 1
cup
vanilla wafer crumbs,
(24 cookies)
1
tablespoon
butter or margarine,
melted
vegetable cooking spray 2
tablespoons
skim milk 1
tablespoon
vanilla 3
ounces
white chocolate,
chopped
1
cup
sugar 1
cup
lowfat sour cream 1/4
cup
cornstarch 1/4
teaspoon
salt 8
ounces
Neufchatel cheese 2
eggs 1
egg white
cranberries,
for garnish
fresh mint,
for garnish
Directions:
1.
Place a colander in a 2 quart glass measure or bowl. Line colander with 4 layers of cheesecloth, allowing cheesecloth to extend over edge of container. Spoon nonfat yogurt into colander. Cover loosely with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 12 hours. Spoon yogurt cheese into a bowl, discarding liquid; cover and refrigerate.
2.
Combine cranberries, 1/2 cup water, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
3.
Preheat oven to 350F.
4.
Place cranberry mixture and 3 tablespoons water in a food processor or blender, and process 1 minute or until smooth. Set aside.
5.
Combine crumbs and butter in a small bowl, and stir well. Firmly pack mixture into bottom of a 9 inch springform pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.
6.
Combine milk, vanilla, and white chocolate in the top of a double boiler. Cook over simmering water until white chocolate melts, stirring frequently. Set mixture aside.
7.
Combine yogurt cheese, sugar, sour cream, cornstarch, salt and Neufchatel cheese in a large bowl; beat at low speed of a mixer 1 minute. Add white chocolate mixture, and beat at medium speed until smooth. Add eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
8.
Pour cheese mixture into prepared springform pan. Spoon cranberry mixture in mounds over cheese mixture, and swirl with knife to create a marbled effect. Bake at 300 oF for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until almost set. Turn oven off, and let cheesecake stand for 1 hour with door closed. Remove from oven, and cool to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Garnish, if desired.
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