Fall

Cottage Cheese Cheesecake

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February  8, 2014
5
1 Ratings
  • Serves 4-6
Author Notes

A super simple, lusciously creamy cheesecake that uses fairly healthy ingredients. Many people who don't love traditional cheesecake love the lighter flavor of this cheesecake. —Erika

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
  • 1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 1 egg
  • 2.5 tablespoons sugar
  • 1.5 tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 6-inch springform pan. Alternatively, you can double this recipe and use a larger pan, like an 8 or 9-inch cake pan.
  2. Combine cottage cheese and yogurt in a blender and process until very smooth (I do this first to ensure the cottage cheese mixture is completely lump-free). Add the rest of the ingredients and process until smooth and combined.
  3. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes, or until the top pulls away from the pan and looks smooth and solid. The entire thing should be slightly jiggly, but not sloshy.
  4. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
  5. Spread or sprinkle on desired toppings before serving. I topped mine with a generous dollop of yogurt, some granola and a really quick strawberry compote--a few frozen strawberries, a small splash of water, a small splash of red wine, a large pinch of sugar and a pinch of cornstarch.

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Writer and baker/blogger/photographer living in Houston, transplanted from the Bay Area. I admire vegans, lust after New York and have an insatiable passion for pancakes.

3 Reviews

Valerie G. June 11, 2022
What a great recipe. Relatively healthy, tasty. I made a graham cracker crumb crust that I precooked for 10 minutes. Doubled the recipe and baked in 9 inch cake pan. Used maple syrup instead of sugar.
 
Lynne S. February 18, 2021
Absolutely fabulous recipe. I’ll make this again and again. Thanks so much!
 
Renata S. February 12, 2020
Obsessed with this recipe. I loved it!