Diabetes and Heart Healthy Recipe

No Lie! You’ll cut down on calories in these luscious cherry treats if you use
fat-free and light cream cheese and light pie filling.

Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

8 average graham crackers, mashed into crumbs
2 Tbsp. reduced-calorie margarine, melted
4 oz. fat-free cream cheese
4 oz. light cream cheese
2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 large egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup sugar
20 oz. light fruit pie filling, cherry, warmed

Place 12 cupcake liners in a cupcake pan.
Combine graham cracker crumbs and
margarine; mix well. Spoon 1 tablespoon
of crumb mixture into bottom of each liner
and press down gently. Refrigerate until
ready to fill.

Beat cream cheeses until fluffy and add
lemon juice, egg whites, vanilla extract
and sugar; beat until smooth. Spoon cream
cheese mixture evenly into crumb cups.
Bake at 375m F for 15 minutes. Cool.
Top each cheesecake with 1 tablespoon
cherry pie filling.

Serving Size: 1 mini-cheesecake
Per Serving: 130 calories, 4g protein,
23g carbohydrate, 1g fiber, 3g fat,
1g saturated fat, 150 mg sodium

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