Key Lime Pie Protein Cheesecake
 
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These key lime pie protein cheesecakes are not only super creamy and delicious, but they are healthy and packed with protein to make it the perfect guilt-free dessert.
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Serves: 6 cheesecakes
Ingredients
  • Crust
  • ½ cup walnuts
  • 4 graham cracker sheets
  • 1 tbsp. Melted coconut oil
  • Filling
  • 2 containers (150g each) vanilla or key lime Greek yogurt*
  • ½ cup 2% cottage cheese
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 1 package sugar free cheesecake pudding mix
  • ½ lime (juice and zest)**
  • 1 scoop Ascent vanilla casein
  • ½ tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325F. To make crust, add walnuts and graham cracker sheets to a food processor. Pulse until broken up and no large chunks of walnuts, but don’t blend too much that it becomes a flour. Add coconut oil and pulse again until it starts to cling together.
  2. Press crust into the bottom of a 6-spot jumbo muffin pan. Could also do 8-10 spots in a standard sized muffin pan. Bake for 8 minutes, then remove and let cool.
  3. Rinse out food processor from remnants of the crust. Add Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, lime juice/zest, and vanilla extract. Blend until smooth.
  4. Next, add one egg at a time and pulse until combined. Finally, add cheesecake pudding mix and casein protein. Process again until smooth and combined.
  5. Evenly distribute batter on top of the prepared crust. Prepare a water bath using a large baking dish filled about an inch with water. Place in water bath and bake for 25-30 minutes. If you are using the jumbo size muffin tin, will need closer to 30 minutes. With the regular size, may need only 25 minutes or slightly less.
Notes
*Most groceries sell key lime Greek yogurt containers in the dairy section. Vanilla is fine if you can’t find it. Just use a little extra lemon juice and zest to taste.
**Can use key lime, but not necessary if you can’t get one.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cheesecake Calories: 215 Fat: 10 Carbohydrates: 20 Sugar: 7 Fiber: 2 Protein: 13
Recipe by MacroChef at https://www.macro-chef.com/cheesecake/key-lime-pie-protein-cheesecake/