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Baked S'mores Cheesecake—Prototype 2:
2-to-1 Blend of Yogurt Cheese and Cottage Cheese:
Prepare ahead of time (allow at least 24 hours) 32 ounces of yogurt cheese,
derived from two 32-ounce containers (that's 64 ounces altogether) of nonfat
yogurt. If the resulting yogurt cheese falls below 32 ounces, add back enough of
the whey (that was strained out from the yogurt) to make up the difference. To
this yogurt cheese combine one 16-ounce container of whipped, lowfat cottage
cheese.
Grease a 9 1/2" (or 9") springform pan, but do not wrap foil around it
until just before the batter is added (spreading the crust in an already wrapped
pan can result in greater disturbance to the foil, thus increasing leakage
risks).
Graham Crust:
2 oz. melted, white chocolate
8 oz. (1 cup) 2-to-1 blend of yogurt cheese and cottage cheese (see above)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Completely blend the above ingredients first, then continue with the ingredient
below, mixing it in quickly.
3 oz. cinnamon graham crackers, ground up (such as Annie's Cinnamon Grahams)
Place resulting crust mixture into bottom of the springform pan and pre-bake
without tub at 300 degrees for 8 minutes, then cool enough to comfortably touch
at least the pan's upper sidewall.
Chocolate Batter:
4 tablespoons melted/softened butter
3/8 cup cocoa powder
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons arrowroot
40 ounces (5 cups) 2-to-1 blend of yogurt cheese and cottage cheese (see above)
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
18 - 20 marshmallows (regular size)
Expect about 7 to 7 1/2 cups of the resulting batter, but do not add this to the pan all
at once. Rather, this needs to be done in four installments.
Wrap the pan in foil just before adding the first batter installment.
For each of the first two installments, gently scoop about 2 1/2 cups of batter
into the pan. Add about 9 or 10 marshmallows, ensuring that they are at least
fully coated (they do not need to be fully immersed). After adding an
installment, bake the pan with its contents at 325 degrees for 25 minutes, in a
tub filled with at least 1/4 to 1/2 inch of boiling water. To reduce spillage
risks, do not fill the tub all the way at this point, because the whole
tub-and-pan assembly is going to need to be removed from the oven (in order to
comfortably add contents to the pan) between installments.
After all this is done, there should be about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of batter left, with
50 minutes of baking time reached at this point (25 minutes for each of the first
two installments). Now comes the third installment—carefully add about half
of this remaining batter (do not add any more marshmallows at this point) on top of the
pan's other contents. Try to fully coat the entire surface, especially wherever
marshmallows may be showing, some of which may keep on floating to the top—but
do not be too concerned about this. Next, return the entire pan-and-tub assembly to the
oven, but with the temperature lowered to 300 degrees, for 15 minutes. Then take this
assembly out and add the last of the batter (the fourth installment),
coating the remaining exposed marshmallows
as much possible. At this point, fill up the tub generously with boiling water. Resume
baking at 300 degrees, for another 60 minutes (based upon usage of a 9 1/2"
pan).
Afterward, shut the oven off, and leave its door slightly ajar, with the
cheesecake still inside—and in the tub—for an hour. Next, remove the
cheesecake from the oven and tub, and add a border of milk chocolate chips
around the edge of this cheesecake (see photo below). Continue to cool it down
at room temperature for another two hours. After doing so, remove the cheesecake
from pan and refrigerate.
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