Low calorie mini gingerbread cheesecakes
These low calorie mini gingerbread cheesecakes are autumn in dessert form! Each mini cheesecake has a buttery soft cookie base with a perfectly spiced cream cheese filling. They make the perfect fall dessert when you're in need of a seasonal sweet treat whilst sticking to your goals.
Ingredients
Base:
- 70 g rich tea biscuits* crushed into crumbs
- 30 g low-fat butter* melted
- 20 g 0 calorie brown sugar*
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
Cheesecake filling:
- 1 egg room temperature
- 150 g Philadelphia lightest* room temperature
- 150 g 0% fat greek yogurt room temperature
- 100 g 0 calorie brown sugar*
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp cloves
- 7 g plain/all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Line a 12-count muffin tray with 12 muffin liners and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, make the cheesecake base by mixing together the cookie crumbs, melted butter, 0 calorie brown sugar and ground cinnamon until well combined.
- Scoop 2 heaped tsp of the base into each muffin liner and flatten with the back of a spoon. You should be able to fill all the muffin liners about 1/4 of the way. Bake for 10 minutes then set aside to cool.
- In the meantime, make the cheesecake filling by combining the egg, cream cheese, yogurt, 0 calorie brown sugar and vanilla extract in a medium bowl until smooth.
- Sift in the flour and ground spices and whisk to combine.
- Transfer the cheesecake filling to a piping bag, snip off the end and pour the filling over the baked bases. You want to fill them until they are mostly full with only a small amount of the liner empty at the top.
- Bake the mini cheesecakes for 25-35 minutes or until they stop wobbling in the centre.
- Allow the cheesecakes to cool at room temperature for an hour before transferring to the fridge to set for at least 4 hours. Enjoy!
Notes
*Rich tea - Although not an exact replacement, graham crackers are the closest alternative and similar in calories. Sub with an equal amount (70g).
*Low-fat butter - Can be subbed for an equal amount of unsweetened applesauce to keep the calories similar or regular butter but the calories will be higher.
*0 calorie brown sugar - Can be subbed for any 0 calorie granulated sweetener. Be mindful of the conversion as the sweetener I used is a 1:1 ratio to sugar. Adjust accordingly.
*Philadelphia lightest - Can be subbed for low-fat cream cheese for a few extra calories per cheesecake.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 CheesecakeCalories: 60kcalCarbohydrates: 6.2gProtein: 3.8gFat: 2.4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.9gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 34.1mgPotassium: 26.1mgFiber: 0.6gSugar: 2.4g
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