Arkansas Cheesecake Recipe
- 1 x egg -- separated
- 1/2 c. skim lowfat milk
- 1 pkt gelatin pwdr, unsweetened -- (envelope)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp. equal -- (no substitute)
- 1 1/2 c. cottage cheese
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6 Tbsp. cold whip lite(r)
- 2 med graham crackers -- crushed
- 1 dsh cinnamon
- 1 dsh nutmeg
- Take cottage cheese and cream in blender till very SMOOTH (this is the hard part).
- Set aside.
- Put egg yolk in top of double boiler beat well and add in lowfat milk.
- Add in gelatin & salt.
- Cook over boiling water till gelatin dissolves and mix thickens.
- (about 10 min) Remove from heat, add in sugar substitute.
- Cold.
- Add in cottage cheese, lemon juice and vanilla to cooled mix.
- Chill, stirring occasionally, till mix mounds when dropped from a spoon.
- Beat egg white till stiff.
- Fold egg white and cold-whip together into mix.
- Pour into graham crust, or possibly pour into pie plate and top with crumb topping.
- Crumb Topping: crush 2 graham crackers fine.
- Mix with healthy pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg.
- This recipe comes from the Official cook of the Governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- It takes a little work, especially getting all the lumps out of the cottage cheese.
- It is well worth the effort though, anything is worth it for cheesecake!
egg, milk, pwdr, salt, cottage cheese, lemon juice, vanilla, cold whip liter, crackers, cinnamon, nutmeg
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/arkansas-cheesecake-69384 (may not work)