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| Orange Zest Cheesecake with maple syrup sauce |
3 hours before dessert....
1 pkg low fat or fat free cream cheese
1/2 can fat-free sweetened condensed milk or 1 pkg instant vanilla pudding
1 container fat free whipped cream
Set out cream cheese until room temp. With hand mixer, blend cream cheese and condensed milk until fluffier than when you started. (whatever you have time for.) Fold in the whipped cream with a spatula.
1/2 can fat-free sweetened condensed milk or 1 pkg instant vanilla pudding
1 container fat free whipped cream
Set out cream cheese until room temp. With hand mixer, blend cream cheese and condensed milk until fluffier than when you started. (whatever you have time for.) Fold in the whipped cream with a spatula.
*If you are using the pudding mix, beat the cream cheese with 1/4 cup of milk or creamer, fold in the whipped cream and slowly sprinkle the dry pudding mixture so you avoid pudding lumps.
Pour into a refrigerated large pie pan over your idea of a crust (melted and chilled chocolate, graham crust....)
Keep chilled until 20 minutes before serving. Then add the details....
Ideas to add on calories...
Turtle: melt your favorite solid chocolate bar or chocolate chips in a pie pan, chill in the freezer, add cream cheese mixture and chill again in the freezer. 20 before serving, let pie defrost and add the caramel sauce, chocolate shavings and pecan bits.
Blueberry: Add ground cardamom into cream cheese mixture. Add fresh blueberries with lemon zest.
Ideas to add on calories...
Turtle: melt your favorite solid chocolate bar or chocolate chips in a pie pan, chill in the freezer, add cream cheese mixture and chill again in the freezer. 20 before serving, let pie defrost and add the caramel sauce, chocolate shavings and pecan bits.
Blueberry: Add ground cardamom into cream cheese mixture. Add fresh blueberries with lemon zest.
Raspberry/Blackberry: Juice or quickly boil berries and strain seeds. Make a reduction by combining the juice with a merlot or berry wine and simmer until it makes a syrup. Add raspberries and blackberries on top with honey.
Strawberry: Boil 1/2 cup water and 1/2 c. sugar until a syrup is made. Turn off the heat and add a cup of fresh strawberries. Add fresh minced basil. Serve over a semi frozen cheesecake.
Orange zest: Add orange zest into the cream cheese mixture. Add maple syrup over and around the cheesecake. Or my husband's favorite, forget the maple syrup.... chocolate shavings!
Orange zest: Add orange zest into the cream cheese mixture. Add maple syrup over and around the cheesecake. Or my husband's favorite, forget the maple syrup.... chocolate shavings!
Cookies n Cream: Crush oreo cookies or snickerdoodles or gingerbread and add 1/4 c. of butter and pat in bottom of pie pan. Add cream cheese mixture and add more of the same cookies over top. (Crap! Just thought of that...I'm going to have to make that... NOW!!)
Bananas Foster: Caramel Rum sauce with butter-sauted bananas.
Oh... I could go on and on... just use your imagination. It's cheesecake for pete's sake! What could go wrong!!
Bananas Foster: Caramel Rum sauce with butter-sauted bananas.
Oh... I could go on and on... just use your imagination. It's cheesecake for pete's sake! What could go wrong!!
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