Biscoff Cheesecake ✨ baking a cheesecake for the holidays

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: whipped topping

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: neufchâtel cheese

Ricotta provides a lighter texture and flavor.

Biscoff spread

🥗Healthier: almond butter

💰Cheaper: peanut butter

Almond butter offers a similar nutty flavor with less sugar.

Line a 9" springform pan with parchment paper and set aside.

Use a food processor or place the biscoff cookies in a ziploc bag. Use a rolling pin to whack the cookies until they're very finely crushed. Transfer the crumbs to a medium bowl.

Stir in melted butter until the mixture resembles wet sand.

Transfer the mixture to your lined pan. Use the bottom of a flat-bottomed cup to press the crumb mixture into an even layer on the bottom of the pan and up the sides of the pan.

Chill the crust in the fridge while you prepare the rest of the cheesecake.

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

In a large mixing bowl, add cream cheese, sugar, greek yogurt, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Use an electric hand mixer or a spatula to mix until it's very creamy without any lumps of cream cheese. Mix in one egg at a time until it's all combined.

Pour the cheesecake batter into your pan on top of the chilled crust.

Place an empty pan or baking tray on the bottom rack of the oven and fill it with about 1" of hot water. Bake the cheesecake on the middle rack for about 65-70 minutes or until the edges are set but the middle is still jiggly.

Let the cheesecake cool completely at room temperature before chilling it in the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight.

Once chilled, slide an offset spatula or a skewer around the edge of the cheesecake and release it from the pan onto a serving dish.

Pour warm and runny biscoff spread on top of the cheesecake and spread it into an even layer with an offset spatula before it sets. Crumble up a few biscoff cookies to sprinkle around the cheesecake and garnish with additional cookies.

Cooking Techniques

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