Homemade Cheesecake Recipe

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Ricotta offers a lighter texture while cottage cheese is more economical.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt provides similar tanginess with fewer calories.

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: whipping cream

Coconut cream is dairy-free while whipping cream is often less expensive.

sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Stevia is a zero-calorie alternative while brown sugar is often cheaper.

Set the cream cheese and mascarpone at room temperature for at least 1 hour to soften.

Open the cream cheese and place it in a mixing bowl with the mascarpone.

Using a handheld mixer, mix the cream cheese and mascarpone until smooth.

Add 1 cup of white granulated sugar to the mixture and mix well.

Add a pinch of salt and 2 capfuls of vanilla extract, then mix again.

Incorporate 1/2 cup of Cool Whip into the mixture to loosen it up, mixing until airy and fluffy.

Wash and prepare fresh strawberries by cutting off the greens and dicing them.

In a bowl, macerate the diced strawberries by adding 1/2 cup of sugar and letting them sit for about 35 minutes to create a sauce.

Crush 2 sleeves of graham crackers until they resemble sand.

In a bowl, combine the crushed graham crackers with 3 tablespoons of sugar and a pinch of salt.

Add 3.5 tablespoons of melted butter to the graham cracker mixture and pulse until combined, resembling wet sand.

Cooking Techniques

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