The Best Pineapple Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• butter-flavored cooking spray
• 1 cup graham cracker, finely crushed
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup fat-free buttermilk
• 1 slice bread
• 1/3 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons natural vanilla
• 6 packets sugar substitute
• 1/4 cup water
• 12 ounces pineapple, canned,crushed,packed in natural juice,well drained

Recipe

• 1 to prepare crust: preheat the oven to 350°f lightly coat a 9" pie pan with cooking spray.
• 2 in a medium bowl, thoroughly mix the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter.
• 3 press into prepared pan.
• 4 bake for 15 minutes, until lightly browned.
• 5 (since ovens vary in temperature, check after 12 minutes. do not allow it to over-brown.) cool before filling.
• 6 to prepare filling: in a food processor or blender, combine everything except the pineapple.
• 7 process until smooth.
• 8 fold in crushed pineapple.
• 9 bake for 45 minutes, until set.
• 10 cool in refrigerator.