Erica's Cheesecake

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 629.5
  • Total Fat: 62.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 204.7 mg
  • Sodium: 357.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 7.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.8 g
  • Protein: 12.5 g

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Introduction

This comes by way of Erica on the Chatzy Board. Her original recipe used xylitol as the sweetner (which measures 1 to 1 when compared with sugar). I used Sweetleaf Stevia Powder where 2 TBSP Stevia = 1 C sugar sweetness. This comes by way of Erica on the Chatzy Board. Her original recipe used xylitol as the sweetner (which measures 1 to 1 when compared with sugar). I used Sweetleaf Stevia Powder where 2 TBSP Stevia = 1 C sugar sweetness.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    Crust:
    2 cups Nuts (walnuts, pecans, macadamias…)
    2 Tbsp Butter
    ¾ tsp Stevia (or a bit less)

    Blend CRUST- in food processor
    Mix walnuts, butter and stevia blend...
    Coat a 9 inch spring form pan with butter
    Press walnut mixture into bottom...
    Bake at 425 for 10 mins....

    Filling:
    3 - 8oz Cream Cheese (room temp.)
    3 Eggs (room temp.)
    Sweetleaf (dry) stevia = 4 tsp or LESS
    (This is less than 1 cup equivalent of sugar or xylitol)
    2 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
    1/4 C HWC (Heavy Whipping Cream)
    1/4 C Sour Cream

    Blend cream cheese (this and eggs MUST be at room temp.)
    Add eggs one at a time, blending each one...
    Add remaining ingredients, continuing to blend
    Pour mix over baked crust and follow baking instructions.

Tips

I tried xylitol, but this sweetner made me "gassy"...apparently I do not do well with the sugar alcohols.


Directions

Bake crust for 10 min at 425F and remove from oven.
Reduce temp to 200F
Add a pan with 1" of water to the rack below baking rack.
Pour creamcheese mix over crust and bake for 2 hours.
Let cake cool completely in over (overnight).
Then remove pan from oven and place in refrigerator until serving.

Serving Size: Makes 9" round cheesecake - Serves 8