Jennifer's Low Carb Cheesecake with Chocolate Crust

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 24
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 177.7
  • Total Fat: 17.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 65.2 mg
  • Sodium: 123.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 2.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
  • Protein: 3.8 g

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Introduction

A lower carb cheese cake with a chocolate pecan crust A lower carb cheese cake with a chocolate pecan crust
Number of Servings: 24

Ingredients

    Crust:
    1/2 cup (96 gram) Hoosier Hill Farm Gluten Free Erythritol Granules Sweetener 1 TBSP 12g
    1 cup Pecan Flour (by IVANTERRY)
    6 TBSP Butter, salted
    4 TBSP Cocoa powder - Hershey's Special Dark
    2 tsp Vanilla Extract

    Filling:
    16 oz (2 bricks) Cream Cheese (softened)
    3/4 cup Ricotta Cheese, whole milk
    3/4 cup Sour Cream
    3 large Egg, fresh, whole, raw
    2 tsp Vanilla Extract
    1/2 cup Sukrin 1 (Adjusted Carbs to subtract Sugar Alcohols)
    5 TBSP butter, salted

Tips

I originally made the crust thinking I would have 12 cupcakes and be good - but my filling was twice that amount. I didn't have another silicone cupcake/muffin pan so I poured the rest of mine into a 8 inch springform pan. This took significantly longer to cook so keep that in mind if you decide to make a large cheese cake instead of cupcake size.


Directions

preheat oven to 300 degrees
make crust first - melt 6 TBSP of butter in microwave and add to it the pecan flour, erythritol, cocoa powder and vanilla extract.
Combine and then press into bottom of cupcake pans (I used silicone pans, if you aren't then make sure to line your cupcakes)
Optional - chill crusts in freezer while you are making the filling

For the filling, add your softened cream cheese, butter, and Sukrin 1 to the bowl of your stand mixer (i used this sweetener for it's taste profile - feel free to use whatever low carb sweetener you would like, just note the carbohydrate difference. I would recommend that you use a powdered version instead of a granulated one - I will be doing so next time).
Cream the cream cheese/butter/sweetener mixture together until smooth.
Add the ricotta cheese and vanilla then combine until smooth
Add each egg one at a time, fully incorporating each egg before adding the next
Lastly add in the sour cream.

Once fully combined, fill all 24 cupcakes until 3/4 full.
Bake at 300 degrees for approximately 1 hour - ovens vary and cheese cakes are touchy. They're done when you shake them and they wiggle in the middle of each cupcake just slightly.
Let rest until completely cool - we enjoy ours frozen.

Serving Size: makes 24 cupcake size pieces

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RANNVEIGS.