LEPRECHAUN CHEESECAKE
Celebrate St. Patty's Day with this fun chiffon cheesecake!
Ingredients:
1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk
12 crisp macaroon
s*
2-4 tablespoons butter, melted
2 packages (3 oz. ea.) lime flavored Jell-O
1 cup boiling water
2 packages (8 oz. ea.) reduced fat cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lime zest
1 tablespoon lime juice
mint leaves, maraschino cherries, additional Jell-O*
Method:
Pour evaporated milk in mixing bowl; place beaters in bowl, then place bowl and beaters in freezer to chill. Ice
stals should form on sides of bowl. Prepare other ingredients while milk is chilling.
Finely crush
s. S
the sides of 9-inch spring form pan with non-stick s
*. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons finely crushed
s on sides of pan. Mix remainder of
s with melted butter and firmly press into bottom of pan.
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese with sugar until fluffily. Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Gradually add Jell-O to cream cheese, beating thoroughly. Mixing bowl should be
, but not
enough to set Jell-O. If needed, place mixing bowl over
water to chill. Be careful Jell-O does not chill to the point of setting up.
Add lime juice and zest to chilled milk. Whip evaporated milk until soft folds develop. Fold milk into Jell-O/ cream cheese mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Decorate top with sliced fruit, clovers cut from Jell-O, mint leaves, etc. Chill 3-4 hours before removing sides of pan and serving.
Serves 12
NOTES:
* Use 1/2 package (13 oz.) macaroon cookkies or approximately twelve 2 1/2 inch cookkies. May substitute a graham cracker crust.
** May substitute a 9x13 baking pan for spring form pan. No need to dust sides of pan with crushed cookkies. Cut into 12 squares to serve.
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