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Ingredients

  • 1 cup pecans, ground in food processor
  • butter, to rub on pie plate
  • 24 ounces light cream cheese, at room temperature (3 pkg 8oz each)
  • 12 cup sour cream or 12 cup fage yogurt
  • 12 cup Splenda granular, sugar substitute (or a bit more if you want a sweeter cheesecake)
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 12 cup seedless sugar-free raspberry jam, melted

Method

  • Preheat oven to 325F Put pecans into bowl of food processor or mini-chopper and pulse until ground but still a chunky.
  • Rub 9-inch deep pie plate with a thick layer of butter or margarine, then sprinkle in pecans and spread around with your fingers so the bottom and sides of the pie plate are evenly covered.
  • Put cream cheese, Splenda, and vanilla in a medium sized bowl, and use electric beaters to combine, then add eggs one at a time, and beat until mixture is smooth.
  • (It's important that the cream cheese is at room temperature or this will be very difficult.
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  • Spoon batter over the nut crust and spread around evenly with rubber scraper.
  • Drop warmed jam by spoonfuls around top of pie.
  • Swirl gently.
  • Bake cheesecake 35-45 minutes, or until center feels firm to the touch.
  • Allow to cool, then chill several hours or overnight before serving.