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Amaretto Cheesecake Delite

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      Title: AMARETTO CHEESECAKE DELITE
 Categories: Desserts, Cheesecakes
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
MMMMM-------------------CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUST------------------------
  1 1/2 c  Chocolate cookie crumbs
      3 tb Chopped almonds
      2 tb Soy oil
           --- OR ---
      2    Cookie crumb crusts
           - chocolate, ready-to-serve

MMMMM-------------------GLAZED ALMOND TOPPING------------------------
      2 tb Sugar
    3/4 c  Sliced almonds

MMMMM----------------------AMARETTO FILLING---------------------------
 10 1/2 oz Pkg. lite soft silken tofu
     16 oz Lower fat cream cheese
           - softened
      3 tb EQUAL measure; OR...
     36    -EQUAL packets; OR...
  1 1/2 c  -Sugar
      6    Egg whites
      4    Whole eggs
    1/4 c  Amaretto
      2 tb Vanilla
 
  In a small bowl, combine all ingredients for the crust. Press evenly
  into the bottom of a    9-inch springform pan.
  
  Using an electric mixer, combine tofu and cream cheese until smooth.
  Add EQUAL or sugar and mix thoroughly. Add egg whites and whole eggs
  to ingredients and continue to mix until well blended. Add Amaretto
  and vanilla. Pour over crust in springform pan or divide batter into
  two prepared pie crusts. Bake at 300 F for 1 hour in the springform
  pan or 40 minutes for the two prepared crusts.
  
  Heat two tablespoons of sugar in a non-stick pan until sugar turns a
  golden brown. Toss almonds in sugar to coat. Remove almonds and allow
  to cool on wax paper. Break apart when cooled and arrange almonds
  around edge of cake. Refrigerate. Serves 16.
  
  *1/2 cup chocolate cookie crumbs can also be sprinkled around the
  outside of the cheesecake for a different taste combination.
  
  First Place, Desserts Category - Cooking with Ohio's Soy Foods Ohio
  State Fair Recipe Contest Developed by Jacqueline DeMatteis-O'Brien
  
  Reprinted with permission from the Indiana Soybean Development
  Council. Meal-Master format by Karen Mintzias
 
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