Beachgirl's Basic Cheesecake

Ingredients:
32 ounces cream cheese
1 cup Splenda
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice
4 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
3 tablespoons sour cream

How to Prepare:
Bring all cold ingredients to room temperature. With an electric mixer, combine the cream cheese and sugar at slow to medium speed, scraping sides often. Add all other ingredients except eggs . When completely mixed (with no lumps), add the eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating very slowly. Over-mixing the batter is a contributing cause of cracked cheesecakes. (The leading cause of cracking is over-cooking, so don�t believe any one who tells you it is normal for a cheesecake to be cracked; it isn't.) Always treat the batter gently.

Pour the mixture into a greased Springform pan. Place the pan on a very large piece of aluminum foil, and fold the foil up around the pan to create a watertight barrier around the cheesecake. Then place the springform pan in an even larger pan and fill the larger pan halfway with water. This is called a water bath. It is a gentler way to cook the cheesecake. Place the entire water bath containing the cheesecake in a 300-degree preheated oven.

Place the entire water bath containing the cheesecake in a 300-degree preheated oven. Cook for 1 hour and reduce heat to 200 degrees for 1 more hour. Turn oven off and leave cheesecake in until the oven is completely cool. The cheesecake can even be left overnight at this point. Cracks can also occur when a cheesecake cools too quickly, so don�t rush this process. Let it set up for several hours in the fridge, preferably overnight.

12 servings, each with 5 grams of carbs.

Glad you liked it! I just love it because it is such a great, filling breakfast.

Porridge for dinner, I suppose!

What is porridge???? Is that like BBQ?

What is porridge???? Is that like BBQ?

What is porridge???? Is that like BBQ?

Every questionable food choice doesn't have to relate to BBQ...unless you're from TexasAlthough I love BBQ and think every food should be grilled, smoked and bathed in BBQ!

My giddy aunt...

Porridge is what my USA cousins call "oatmeal". I had very nice oatmeal breakfasts when I visited your country, so I know you know what that is!

Although I realise now that I should have had it as the pudding course at dinner!

We don't eat that foolishness down in Texas!!

I was going to ask about drinks....Pepsi max is cool?

I also did something different with ML cheese cake. Mostly because the recipe says it should yield 12 servings. I think I got 8 servings out of my first one. So I made it again and since I'm the only one eating it I put it in a muffin pan. The cooking time is less, it's pre-portioned into 12 servings and each one stays more fresh. Not to mention it will be easy to grab and go when I have to return to school next week. 2 weeks for spring break is a teachers dream. Only 8 more weeks of school, hopefully less for me because I find another job.

For anyone that's interested, I found a yummy Sugar Free Low Carb Barbecue Sauce recipe online items in red are my alterations to the original recipe:

Ingredients
2 strips of thick bacon, chopped fine (or see note)
1 small onion, minced medium purple onion but I love onion
1 clove garlic, minced or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 small can (6 oz) tomato paste
1 can (12 oz) diet (sugar-free) cola - Splenda-sweetened preferred 20 oz bottle of Pepsi Max IMO there is no substitute unless it's the original Pepsi then the 0 carb is blown
1/4 cup low carb (sugar-free) catsup, (or see note) I used the vinegar as suggested below and 2 tablespoons of granulated Splenda
3 T mustard I used regular yellow mustard, but next time I'm going to try spicy mustard to see what it tastes like
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 pinch ground cloves didn't use bc I didn't have any
Hot sauce to taste just a dash but I like my BBQ sweet instead of hot

Preparation
Note 1: If you prefer to leave the bacon out, add 1-3 teaspoons of liquid smoke, to taste, near the end of the cooking. Alternatively, add some smoky flavor using 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika, or chipotle powder to taste.

Note 2: If you can't find low carb catsup, leave it out, but add about a tablespoon of vinegar and some sweetener, to taste.

1) Fry the bacon in a saucepan - a 2 qt pan works well.

2) Add the onion and cook over medium until soft - 3-5 minutes. Add garlic at this point if you're using fresh and stir it for half a minute or so.

3) Add the rest of the ingredients, plus about half a cup of water. I didn't use the water since I used 20 oz of Pepsi Max instead of 12 oz.Stir well. 4) Simmer for 20-30 minutes. It will cook down a bit and flavors will combine. 5) Adjust the seasonings so you have the balance you want - you can add vinegar, artificial sweetner (liquid preferred), or hot sauce. (If it's too hot, adding more sweetener will tone it down.)

The recipe makes approximately 10 servings of 1/4 cup each. Each serving has about 3.5 grams of carbohydrate plus 1 gram of fiber (4.5 grams total carbohydrate).

How did you do that with the water bath? I usually only get 8 pieces out of my cheesecakes, btw.

That looks wonderful!! Thanks for posting it!

When I bought the muffin pan that bakes 12 muffins the same brand had a lasagna pan & the muffin pan fits in perfectly. Next time I will only cook it for about 35 minutes at each temperature. This time I did 45 minutes on each & it was just a little too much. Still good some of them browned a little on the top. You also don't have to wrap it in foil.