low carb cheese cake

• 3 packages (1 and 1/2 lbs) cream cheese (room temperature)
• 4 eggs
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoon  vanilla
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoon  lemon juice
• 1 and 1/3 cups sugar equivalent of artificial sweetener
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• Crust:
• 1 cup almond meal
• 2 Tablespoon melted butter
• 2 Tablespoon sugar equivalent in artificial sweetener

Preparation:

Heat oven to 375 F.

combine all crust ingredients and press together into a pie dish and bake for 10 mins.


meanwhile.


Put cream cheese in mixing bowl, and beat until fluffy. Add other ingredients, scraping the bowl and beaters each time (this is very important), fully incorporating each ingredient. When all ingredients are combined, scrape one more time, beat one more minute,

after you pull the crust out to cool raise the temp to 400 F

and pour mixture into pan over crust.

  After putting the cheesecake in the oven at 400 F for 5 mins, turn the oven down to 200 F. Bake for 60 to 90 minutes, checking often after an hour. When the cake is firm to touch but slightly soft in the center

Chill completely.

Top with fruit.

Makes 16 servings.Nutritional Information: Each serving has 2 grams  carbohydrate plus 1 gram fiber, 6 grams protein, and 221 calories.

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