Who says you can’t have cheesecake for breakfast? These Strawberry Cottage Cheese Cheesecake Cups are smooth, creamy, and just sweet enough to enjoy morning, noon, or night, all in a perfect single-serve bite.
4 single serve oven safe glass or ceramic containers.
Ingredients
Cottage Cheese Cheesecakes
1cupcottage cheese
1cup plain Greek yogurt
4largeeggs
¼cupmonk fruit sweetener
2tspvanilla
1tbsplemon juice
12graham crackers or 1.5 cups crushed graham crackers
2tbspbutter, melted
Strawberry Topping
2cupssliced fresh or frozen strawberries
¼cupmonk fruit sweetener
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350°F.
Crush the graham crackers in a blender if you are using whole crackers. Add the crushed graham crackers to a medium bowl and pour in the melted butter. Use a fork or your hands to mix in the butter evenly.
Divide the grapham cracker mixture evenly between 4 single-serve oven-safe glass or ceramic containers. Gently press the graham cracker mixture down to form a base in the bottom of each container.
Add one cup of cottage cheese, one cup of Greek yogurt, 1/4 cup of monk fruit sweetener, 2 tsp vanilla, 4 eggs and 1 tbsp of lemon juice to a large bowl and use an immersioin blender to blend smooth. You can also use a traditional blender if preferred.
Pour the cottage cheese mixture evenly over each container with the graham cracker base.
Add some water to the bottom of a baking sheet or shallow casserole dish and place the four cheesecakes on top. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the center of the cheesecakes no longer look wet or unbaked. Remove from the oven and let cool.
Once the cheesecakes are cool enough to touch, place the containers in the fridge to continue to cool for another hour or two.
Making the Strawberry Topping
Add the strawberries and a 1/4 cup monk fruit sweetener to a large pan and cook over medium-high heat. When the strawberries soften, use a wooden spoon to macerate the strawberries so that the juices are released. Cook down further if you used frozen berries as they tend to hold more water. Anotehr 2-3 minutes will do. The syrup will thicken as it cools.
Assembly
Add the strawberry topping evenly over the cheesecakes once cooled and enjoy!
Notes
Storage:Store covered in the fridge for up to a week or freeze for up to three months, thawing in the fridge before enjoying.