Banana-Split Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    CRUST
    1 cup Oreo cookie crumbs
    2 tablespoons sugar
    1 tablespoon unsalted butter or 1 tablespoon unsalted margarine, melted
    cooking spray
    FILLING
    3 (8 ounce) blocks fat free cream cheese, softened
    1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
    1 (8 ounce) carton low-fat sour cream
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
    3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    4 large eggs
    TOPPINGS
    1/3 cup canned crushed pineapple in juice, drained
    1/3 cup strawberry ice cream topping
    1/3 cup chocolate syrup
    1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
    16 maraschino cherries, drained
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F.
    To prepare crust, combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl; toss with a fork until moist.
    Press into bottom of a 9\" springform pan coated with cooking spray.
    To prepare filling, beat cheese and sour cram at high speed of a mixer until smooth.
    Add 1-1/ cups sugar, bananas,flour, and vamilla; beat well.
    Add eggs, 1 at a time; beat well after each addition.
    Pour cheese mixture into prepared pan; bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until almost set.
    Cheesecake is done when the center barely moves when the pan is touched.
    Remove cheesecake from oven; run a knife around outside edge.
    Cool cheesecake to room temperature.
    Cover and chill for at least 8 hours.
    Top each serving with 1 teaspoon pineapple, 1 teaspoon strawberry syrup, 1 teaspoon chocolate syrup, 3/4 teaspoon pecans and 1 cherry.

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