Description
This is an adaptation of a popular New York cheesecake recipe that I revised for low-carb diets. The crust is a little off because there’s really no perfect substitute for graham cracker, but otherwise it tastes just like my favorite NY cheesecake. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup almond meal
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
- ¾ cup low-calorie natural sweetener (such as Swerve®)
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons almond flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
- Mix almond meal and butter together in a bowl. Spoon into bottoms of the paper liners; press down to form a flat crust.
- Stir cream cheese and sweetener together in a bowl just until smooth. Mix in whipping cream and water. Add eggs one at a time
- whisking well after each addition. Stir in sour cream
- almond flour
- and vanilla extract. Spoon into paper liners.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cream cheese mixture is almost set in the middle
- 15 to 18 minutes. Be careful not to overcook.
- Let cool at room temperature; refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 8 hrs 25 mins
Servings: 12