Healthy Mini Cheesecakes
These healthy mini cheesecakes are made with Muuna cottage cheese--they're a guilt-free dessert that's virtuous enough to eat for breakfast!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Cooling Time2 hours hrs
Total Time2 hours hrs 40 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Healthy
Keyword: keto, vegetarian
Servings: 6 -8
Author: Stephanie Pollard
Cost: $15
Muffin pan
Food processor
Cheesecloth
- ½ cup packed pitted dates
- 1 cup raw walnuts
- 2 cups Muuna 4% Cottage Cheese
- ⅓ cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- Coconut cream chilled and separated
- Fresh raspberries
Make the crusts: Preheat oven to 350ºF. Place the raw walnuts and dates in a food processor and process until there are no lumps. Liberally grease a muffin pan and divide the crust mixture among 6 to 8 tins. Use your fingers to press down on crust. Bake for 5 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool.
Reduce the heat to 325ºF and rinse out your food processor.
Place in the cottage cheese in the center of large piece of cheesecloth. Gather the ends and squeeze the cheese until you have removed a lot of the liquid. Place the strained cottage cheese in the food processor and puree until smooth.
Add sugar and vanilla and process again until smooth. Add the eggs and process until just mixed through. Spoon into muffin tins.
Bake for 25 minutes or until the center is almost set. Remove from the oven, cool, then refrigerate for 1½ to 2 hours.
While your cheesecakes cool, whip the coconut cream until it's fluffy. Garnish the cheesecakes with coconut cream and raspberries just before serving.
With roughly 12 grams of protein per cheesecake, they’re good enough to eat for dessert but healthy enough to eat from breakfast. A win-win.
While the bites only take 25 minutes in the oven, you’ll still need to let them sit for an hour or so before digging in.