Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 slice)
  • Calories:
  • 301
  • Fat:
  • 18 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 12 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 34 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 209 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 34 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 2 g

Countdown Cheesecake

Tick-tock...tick-tock...guests will surely count down the minutes until they can dig into this creamy strawberry cheesecake, then ask for seconds.

SERVINGS

8-10

CATEGORY

Dessert

METHOD

Overnight Recipes

PREP

20 min.

COOK

10 min.

TOTAL

30 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 24 squares)
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
  • FILLING:
  • 2 cartons (8 ounces each) spreadable strawberry cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • 1-1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
  • Red decorating gel
  • 1 fresh strawberry, halved

DIRECTIONS

In a bowl, combine the cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. Press onto the bottom and 1 in up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Bake at 325° for 10 minutes; cool.
    In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in the whipped topping. Gently spread a third of the filling over crust. Arrange strawberries on top. Spoon remaining filling over berries; smooth top. Refrigerate overnight.
    With decorating gel, pipe numerals and the minute and hour hands for a clock dial on the cheesecake. Place strawberry halves at the tips of the clock hands. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Oct 7, 2008

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