Blueberry Cheesecake

By sandy_h

From Southern Living August 2003

Ingredients

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• Vegetable cooking spray
• 2 (8-ounce) packages 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
• 1 (8-ounce) package fat-free cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 2 egg whites
• 1 (8-ounce) container light sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon or grated lemon rind
• 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
• 1 cup fat-free frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1/4 cup light sour cream

Preparation

Step 1

Combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a small bowl. Press mixture on bottom and 1½ inches up sides of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 5 minutes. Remove from oven; set aside.

Beat cream cheeses at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Combine 1 cup sugar, flour, and salt. Add to cream cheese, beating until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add egg whites, beating until blended.

Add 8-ounce container sour cream, vanilla, and lemon rind, beating just until blended. Gently stir in blueberries. Pour mixture into prepared pan.

Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until center of cheesecake is firm. Turn off oven, and let cheesecake stand in oven, with oven door partially open, 30 minutes.

Remove cheesecake from oven; cool in pan on a wire rack 30 minutes. Cover cheesecake and chill 8 hours. Release sides of pan.

Stir together whipped topping and ¼ cup sour cream. Spread over cheesecake.