Sugar free pistachio cheesecake

Natalie Truscello

Ingredients

  • crust
  • About 5 graham crackers crushed up
  • 1/4 cup Splenda
  • 1/2 stick melted butter
  • 1/2 cup pistachio ground up
  • cheesecake
  • 3 (8 oz) blocks of low fat cream cheese (softened)
  • 1 cup Splenda
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 pack sugar free pudding mix
  • 3-4 drops green food coloring
  • 1/4 cup crush pistachios on top before baking

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350° crush the graham crackers, and pistachios and mix in a greased pie dish. Pour butter and splenda in and mix well. Press down into pie dish and bake for 10 min. Let cool before putting cheesecake mixture in
  • Blend the cream cheese and Splenda on high for 5-10 min. Scrape side often and keep beating.
  • Add one egg at a time and then the sour cream. Add extracts and wait to put in pistachio pudding until crust is cooked (or else the pudding will set) add green food dye
  • Pour into cooler crust pie dish and top with chopped pistachios. Bake for 55 min at 350°. When it’s done turn oven off and let cheesecake sit in there for another 10-15 min until the middle rises slightly. Remove and cool for 4 hours before serving with whipped cream (if desired)