Orange Cheesecake
- 1 cup bread crumbs, whole wheat soft
- 1/4 cup bran
- 1/4 cup brown sugar substitute
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 tablespoon gelatin, unflavored unflavored
- 13 cup water
- 2 cups cottage cheese
- 13 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 small bananas
- 2 tablespoons sugar white, substitute
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 small oranges
- 8 each strawberries or grapes
- CRUST Combine crumbs, bran, sweetener and cinnamon in a bowl.
- With fingers, rub in butter until mixture is crumbly.
- Press onto bottom of 7 or 8 inch springform pan.
- FILLING In small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over water and let stand for about 5 minutes to soften.
- Place over low heat, stirring until gelatin dissolves.
- Let cool to room temperature.
- In food processor or blender, combine cottage cheese, orange juice, orange rind, banana, sweetener, lemon juice and dissolved gelatin.
- Puree until smooth (or mash cottage cheese and banana along with sweetener, juices and gelatin or press through sieve).
- Pour over prepared crust.
- Cover and chill in refrigerator 2 to 4 hours or until set.
- At serving time, remove side from pan.
- With wide metal lifter, slip cheesecake off bottom of pan onto serving plate or leave on base of springform pan.
- Peel orange, removing pith and thin membrane.
- Remove sections.
- Slice strawberries or grapes.
- Arrange on top of cheesecake along with orange slices.
bread crumbs, bran, brown sugar substitute, cinnamon ground, butter, gelatin, water, cottage cheese, orange juice, orange zest, bananas, sugar, lemon juice, oranges, strawberries
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/orange-cheesecake-42828 (may not work)