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Baked S'mores Cheesecake—Prototype 6:
3-Cheese Blend (1CT-1NC-1YG):
Prepare ahead of time 16 ounces of yogurt cheese, derived from one 32-ounce
container of nonfat yogurt. If the resulting yogurt cheese falls below 16
ounces, add back enough of the whey (that was strained out from the yogurt) to
make up the difference. To this yogurt cheese combine 16 ounces of whipped,
lowfat cottage cheese and 16 ounces (two 8-ounce packages) of softened
Neufchatel cheese ("light cream cheese").
Grease a 9 1/2" (or 9") springform pan, but do not wrap foil around
it until just before the batter is added above the crust layers (spreading the
crust in an already wrapped pan can result in greater disturbance to the foil,
thus increasing leakage risks).
Graham Crust—First Layer:
2 oz. melted, white chocolate
8 oz. (1 cup) 3-cheese blend (see above)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Completely blend the above ingredients first, then continue with the next
one below.
4 oz. graham crackers, ground up (if these are cinnamon-flavored, omit the
cinnamon shown above)
Get this fully mixed in (moistened) with the other ingredients above.
Afterwards, promptly add in and fully coat the last crust ingredient below.
2 cups miniature marshmallows
Place resulting crust mixture into bottom of the springform pan and pre-bake
without tub at 300 degrees for 15 minutes, then remove from oven and cool at
least slightly.
Chocolate Batter:
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
3/8 cup cocoa powder
40 oz. (5 cups) 3-cheese blend (see above)
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
2 teaspoons vanilla
6 eggs
Reserve some of this batter for the second crust layer, as indicated below.
Graham Crust—Second Layer:
1 1/2 cups chocolate batter (see above)
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Completely blend these three (or two if the cinnamon is excluded) ingredients
first, then continue with the next one below.
3 oz. graham crackers, ground up (if these are cinnamon-flavored, omit the
cinnamon shown above)
Combine these four (or three) crust ingredients and promptly place this mixture into
the pan on top of the first crust layer. Try to conceal, as much as possible, every
trace of marshmallow that is showing through the top of the first layer, then
immediately put the pan back into the oven. Bake this, still without tub, at 300
degrees for another 15 minutes, then cool it enough to comfortably touch at least the
pan's upper sidewall.
Next, wrap the pan in foil. Carefully pour the remaining chocolate batter over
the second crust layer and bake this cheesecake in a hot water tub at 300 degrees for
65 minutes (if using 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. Now, for the final chocolate
touch, add a border of chocolate chips (milk chocolate strongly recommended in
keeping with the s'mores tradition!) 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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