Cherry Swirled Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind (optional)
• 2 (8 ounce) packages light cream cheese
• 1 (14 ounce) can low fat sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 4 egg whites
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup bottled lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup unsifted flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 spray bottom and sides of 8-inch springform pan with cooking spray; sprinkle crumbs on bottom of pan.
• 3 in electric blender or food processor container, puree cherry pie fillng until smooth.
• 4 add orange rind; set aside.
• 5 in a mixer bowl, beat cheese until fluffy.
• 6 gradually beat in low fat sweetened condensed milk until smooth.
• 7 add egg whites, egg, bottled lemon juice and vanilla; mix well.
• 8 stir in flour.
• 9 pour half of batter in prepared pan.
• 10 spoon 1/2 cup cherry puree evenly over batter.
• 11 top with remaining batter.
• 12 drop by spoonfuls 1/2 cup cherry puree over batter; with knife or spatula gently swirl.
• 13 reserve remaining puree.
• 14 bake 60 to 65 minutes or until center is set.
• 15 cool.
• 16 chill.
• 17 serve with remaining puree if desired.
• 18 refrigerate leftovers.