Description
These lemon cheesecake bars are lightened up and lower in calories. The cheesecake filling is made of Greek Yogurt instead of cream cheese and has a zesty lemon flavor to them
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 graham cracker sheets
- 1 tablespoon of light butter
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ΒΌ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups plain Greek Yogurt (whole or 2%)
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract (or 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, and 1 tsp of lemon zest)
Instructions
- Break cookies and place in food processor.* Pulse until ground into medium-fine crumbs. Put into medium mixing bowl and add the melted butter.
- Or crush the graham crackers in a ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
- In a medium bowl add the greek yogurt and sugar. Stir until combined then add in 4 eggs, cornstarch, salt, vanilla extract, and lemon extract.
- Place the graham cracker crumbs into an 8X8 in pan pressing down on them to cover the whole pan. Then pour the cheesecake batter over the crumbs. Give it a shake a couple of times on the table to make sure the batter is evenly distributed over the crust. Bake at 300 for 60 minutes.
- Garnish the cheesecake with any type of fruit you'd like.
Notes
myWW points: Blue Points: 5; Green Points: 5;Β Purple Points: 3
Disclaimer: Β I am not affiliated with WW in any way. I am just a member who creates recipes based on their points system. If you have any questions related to the program go to their website.Β
- Prep Time: 20min
- Cook Time: 60 min
- Category: Medium
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 67
- Sugar: 6
- Fat: 2
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 7
- Protein: 5