Coffee Cheesecake

Prep Time: 0 Minutes

Cook Time: 0 Minutes

Ready In: 0 Minutes

Servings: 12

Ingredients:

vegetable cooking spray

3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons reduced-calorie stick margarine, melted

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa

2/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (8-ounce) package neufchâtel cheese

1 (8-ounce) tub nonfat cream cheese

2 eggs

1/2 cup skim milk

2 1/2 tablespoons instant coffee granules

1/3 cup nonfat sour cream

3 egg whites

1/4 cup sugar

Directions:

1. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Combine crumbs and next 3 ingredients, and stir well. Firmly press crumb mixture into bottom and 2 inches up sides of pan; set aside.
2. Combine 2/3 cup sugar and next 6 ingredients in a large bowl; beat at high speed of a mixer until smooth. Combine milk and coffee granules; stir well. Add milk mixture and sour cream to cheese mixture; beat until smooth.
3. Beat egg whites (at room temperature) at high speed of a mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg white mixture into cheese mixture.
4. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 300° for 1 hour or until almost set. Turn oven off; loosen cake from sides of pan, using a narrow metal spatula or knife. Let cheesecake stand in oven with door slightly opened for 1 hour. Remove from oven; cover and chill 8 hours.

By RecipeOfHealth.com