Greek Yogurt Cheesecake – Chocolate Lined Katie

This wholesome Greek yogurt cheesecake recipe is luxuriously clean, straightforward to organize, and surprisingly good for you!

Excessive protein cheesecake recipe

With a thick and creamy custard texture, this excessive protein Greek yogurt cheesecake is nutritious and filling, no cream cheese required!

Pour it into any retailer purchased or home made crust, or serve it in bowls as fancy cheesecake mousse.

A gentle and scrumptious home made cheesecake that simply so occurs to be wholesome on the similar time? It’s like a dessert dream come true.

Additionally attempt these Black Bean Brownies

Cheesecake is for certain my favourite non chocolate dessert.

I may fortunately eat cheesecake for days on finish and nonetheless need extra.

It’s like that scene from Pals the place they by chance drop a complete cheesecake on the ground after which proceed to eat it…

I’d completely be that lady.

Wholesome Greek yogurt cheesecake components

To make the recipe, you will want Greek yogurt (dairy free if desired), lemon juice, a pinch of salt, sweetener of selection, cornstarch or arrowroot (or almond flour), both cream cheese or silken tofu, and pure vanilla extract.

I usually use pure maple syrup, however any all objective granulated or liquid sweetener is ok, together with common sugar, coconut sugar, honey, agave, or granulated erythritol or xylitol for a sugar free cheesecake. If utilizing powdered sugar, improve the quantity to equal the sweetness of granulated sugar.

For a vegan yogurt cheesecake, both vegan Greek yogurt or nondairy coconut yogurt work nicely within the recipe. To maintain it plant based mostly, use tofu or vegan cream cheese.

You should use vanilla yogurt if you want. Merely omit the vanilla extract. Or change the recipe taste by selecting strawberry banana, pineapple, French vanilla, peach, or every other taste yogurt you would like.

Flip it right into a low carb and keto Greek yogurt cheesecake by substituting two tablespoons of almond flour for the one tablespoon of cornstarch.

For the tofu model with out cream cheese, I like silken agency tofu (search for shelf steady Mori Nu). If this isn’t obtainable, refrigerated gentle tofu may also work.

The cheesecake may be gluten free, oil free, low carb, low calorie, and vegan.

Use leftover yogurt to make Wholesome Banana Bread

Tips on how to make Greek yogurt cheesecake

Collect all components, and put together your elective crust of selection.

Preheat the oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit. Mix all cheese pie components in a blender or meals processor till fully clean.

Both get pleasure from as mousse, or pour the filling into the ready cheesecake crust.

Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 50 minutes. Take away from the oven when it’s nonetheless gentle and underneath baked. Enable the cake to chill for about an hour.

Switch the cheesecake to the fridge and let it chill, uncovered, for six to eight hours, throughout which period it is going to agency up significantly.

Retailer leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 4 days. Or slice and freeze leftovers in a coated container for as much as three months.

Above, watch the Greek yogurt cheesecake recipe video

Greek yogurt cheesecake mousse

Since there are not any eggs within the recipe, it’s wonderful to skip each the crust and baking steps if you happen to desire to avoid wasting time and energy.

I imply, it’s mainly cheesecake flavored yogurt, so why not???

Serve in bowls or glasses, topped with recent strawberries and Selfmade Nutella, raspberries, cherries, or blueberries and Coconut Whipped Cream.

Or eat the cheesecake filling straight from the blender with a spoon!

If you wish to eat it for breakfast, you’ll get no judgement from me. That is largely as a result of I will probably be proper there beside you, doing the identical precise factor.

Crust choices

If you happen to do want to bake the cheesecake and use a crust, be happy to make use of both a retailer purchased graham cracker crust or a home made crust.

Graham Cracker Crust: Stir 2 cups of graham cracker crumbs with 6 tablespoons of butter or plant based mostly butter (softened however not melted) and a couple of tablespoons sugar of selection in a bowl. Press very firmly right into a 9 inch pie pan or a springform pan. Refrigerate for at the very least an hour earlier than including filling. No have to bake.

Keto Almond Flour Crust: Stir 2 cups of almond or pecan flour with 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and 6 tablespoons of melted coconut oil or butter. Press down very firmly right into a 9 inch springform or pie pan. Refrigerate for at the very least an hour earlier than filling.

Conventional Crust: In a big bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups of flour (common flour or entire wheat pastry each work), 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/3 cup of sugar or xylitol, 1/2 cup of oil or melted butter, and 2-4 tablespoons of water so it sticks collectively however isn’t gummy. Preheat the oven to 200 levels Fahrenheit. Press right into a 9 inch pie pan. Put within the oven and instantly improve the temperature to 350 levels Fahrenheit. Bake for quarter-hour. Let cool, then press down. As soon as cooled, the crust is able to fill.

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