Cooking Mommy: No Bake Cherry Cheesecake

Friday, April 26, 2013

No Bake Cherry Cheesecake

This is like a light, delicious cheesecake, yet no bake and the easiest recipe ever! I have made this a few times now and it's a big hit and absolutely delicious! I would like to try it with all light/low fat ingredients and see how it comes out sometime, but I haven't tried it that way yet. I found the original recipe on allrecipes and they call it cherry cheese pie, but that just sounded weird to me. It only called for 2 cups of whipped topping, but I just used the whole container. If you like cheesecake, this is light and not heavy and so delicious!

Ingredients
1 graham cracker crust
8oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
8oz frozen whipped topping, thawed
21oz can cherry pie filling

Directions
In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Fold in whipped topping until smooth. Pour into pie crust. Top with cherry pie filling. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. So easy and so yummy!!!

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Allergies and Intolerances

My son, Daniel previously had allergies to egg whites and peanuts. I am lactose intolerant. My nephews have allergies to many foods. I will try my best to label things to help those with allergies since I know it's difficult finding recipes sometimes when someone in your home has common food allergies. Make sure you check labels yourself. If it's marked soy-free or nut-free, it only means it doesn't have the soy or nut protein in it, not necessarily the oils. Look for dairy-free, egg-free, gluten/wheat-free, nut-free, and soy-free labels.

Egg replacements

If you need an egg free recipe, I have some great egg replacements. Now these really won't work in recipes that require a lot of eggs, like a meringue or cheesecake, but they do work well in most recipes I've ever tried.

Egg replacement #1: use 1 Tbsp ground flax seed and 3 Tbsp of water in place of 1 egg. Why this works? I don't know, but flax seed is extremely healthy for you, full of lots of omega fatty acids, so this is my preferred substitute.

Egg replacement #2: Boil 1 cup of water and 1 packet of unflavored gelatin together. In it's liquid state, use 3 1/2 Tbsp of this in place of 1 egg.

I have found sometimes one works better than the other. The flax seed seems to work better overall, I believe, but my mother-in-law made Christmas cookies with the gelatin and you couldn't even tell the difference.