Cuisinart PSC-650 - Manual (Page 76)

 
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Apple Streusel
Cheesecake
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eSSertS
½ teaspoon +  tablespoons butter,
divided
 apple, peeled and cored, cut in
quarters
 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ cup brown sugar +  tablespoon,
divided
 cup vanilla wafers or gingersnap
crumbs (about  cookies),
broken up
 ounces lowfat cream cheese, cut
into -inch pieces, at room
temperature
 large eggs
 tablespoons half-and-half
 tablespoon cornstarch
 teaspoon vanilla
Makes one 7-inch cheesecake
Lightly coat the bottom and sides of a -inch springform pan with ½ teaspoon
butter.
Insert -mm slicing disc in Cuisinart
® Food Processor; cut apple to fit large feed
tube. Place apple halves in feed tube; use medium pressure to slice. Remove apples,
toss with lemon juice, cinnamon and  tablespoon brown sugar; reserve. Wipe
work bowl dry with a paper towel.
Insert metal blade in Food Processor. Place cookies in work bowl, pulse to chop,
then pulverize into crumbs. Add  tablespoons butter and process until blended,
0 seconds. Press into bottom of springform pan. Do not wash work bowl.
Place cream cheese and remaining ½ cup sugar. Process until smooth, 0 seconds;
scrape sides and bottom of work bowl. Process 0 seconds longer; scrape work
bowl. Add eggs, process 0 seconds, scrape work bowl. Add half-and-half, corn-
starch, and vanilla; process until smooth, 0 seconds. Pour ½ the cream cheese
mixture in the prepared spring form pan. Top with ½ apple mixture. Repeat.
Place the rack in the ceramic pot of the Cuisinart
® Slow Cooker. Place the spring-
form pan on the rack. Cover and press the on/off button to turn the unit on. Set
time to ½ hours and press High; slow cooker will automatically switch to Warm
when cooking time has elapsed.
Turn off. Lift the cheesecake from the slow cooker using hot pads and place on
a wire rack to cool completely. When cool, place in the refrigerator for at least 
hours before serving.
Nutritional information per serving (based on 8 servings):
Calories 313 (49% from fat) • carb. 32g • pro. 9g • fat 17g • sat. fat 9g
• chol. 89mg • sod. 378mg • calc. 118mg • fiber 1g