Cherry Cheesecake

Total Time: 55 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• cooking spray
• 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tbps. cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese (neufchatel)
• 1 (8 ounce) container fat free cream cheese
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk
• 1/3 cup nonfat sour cream
• 3 large egg whites
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (20 ounce) can light cherry pie filling

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300°f.
• 2 coat a 9-inch sprinform pan with cooking spray. combine crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar, and butter. firmly press crumb mixture into bottom and 2-inches up sides of pan.
• 3 combine 2/3 cup sugar, flour, and next 5 ingredients (flour through eggs) in a large bowl; beat at high speed of a mixer until smooth. add milk and sour cream to cheese mixture; beat until smooth.
• 4 beat egg whites (at room temperature) at high speed of a mixer until soft peaks form. gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoons at a time, beating untl stiff peaks form using clean, dry beaters. gently fold egg mixture into cheese mixtue.
• 5 pour into prepared pan. bake at 300f for 55 minutes or until almost set. remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack; cover and chill 8 hours. top with pie filling.