Cottage Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 3 cups cottage cheese
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup light cream
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (i used vanilla)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup whipping cream (cool whip works)
• chocolate syrup
• peaches or strawberry (i used fruit)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine crumbs, sugar and butter; mix well and press on bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 chill.
• 4 in a medium bowl, blend the cottage cheese until creamy.
• 5 in a separate bowl, beat the eggs at high speed until fluffy.
• 6 gradually beat the sugar into the eggs.
• 7 add the cottage cheese into the egg mixture along with the cream, flour, lemon juice, extract, and salt.
• 8 mix well.
• 9 pour the mixture over the the crust.
• 10 bake 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• 11 cool to room temperature and then remove the sides of the pan.
• 12 chill.
• 13 top with whipped cream/cool whip then drizzle chocolate or spoon fruit on top.
• 14 refrigerate leftovers.