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Baked Whoopie Pie Cheesecake—Prototype 1:
Yogurt Cheese:
Prepare ahead of time 3 pounds of yogurt cheese, derived from three 32-ounce
containers of nonfat yogurt. If the resulting yogurt cheese falls below 48
ounces, add back enough of the whey (that was strained out from the yogurt) to
make up the difference.
Lower-tart alternative:
Substitute this 2-to-1 blend of yogurt cheese and cottage cheese for the
aforementioned all-yogurt cheese. Prepare ahead of time only 2 pounds of
yogurt cheese, derived from two 32-ounce containers 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 16 ounces (1 pint) of whipped, lowfat cottage cheese.
Crust:
4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, melted
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
8 oz. (1 cup) yogurt cheese (see above)
3/8 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 oz. finely ground All-Bran
Pour this crust mixture into bottom of greased springform pan (9 to 9 1/2
inches) and pre-bake without tub at 300 degrees for 10 minutes, then cool enough
to comfortably touch at least the pan's upper sidewall.
Batter:
4 tablespoons melted or softened butter
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons arrowroot
40 oz. (5 cups) yogurt cheese (see above)
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
4 small whoopie pies (each about 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter, such as from
Trader Joe's).
Vertically cut each of these whoopie pies into 6 "slices" (not
horizontally—in other words, each "slice" should contain two
chocolate "outsides" and cream in between them).
Expect about 7 cups of the resulting batter, but do not add this to the pan all
at once. Rather, this needs to be done in three installments. Wrap the pan in
foil just before adding the first installment (minimize the foil's disturbance
in order to minimize its leakage risk).
For each of the first two installments, gently scoop about 3 cups of batter into
the pan. Add the pieces from 2 whoopie pies, ensuring that they are fully coated
and—as much as possible—immersed (this is likely not readily doable
on the first installment, but it should be on the second). After adding an
installment, bake the pan with its contents for 30 minutes. For the first
installment, bake at 325 degrees. For the second installment, reduce the
temperature and bake at 300 degrees. For both installments here, bake with the
pan in a tub filled with at least 1/4 to 1/2 inch of boiling water, but (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 a cup of batter left, with 60
minutes of baking time reached at this point (30 minutes for each of the first
two installments). Now comes the third installment—carefully add the last
of this batter (do not add any more whoopie pies at this point) on top of the
pan's other contents. Try to fully coat the entire surface, especially wherever
whoopie pie pieces may be showing. Next, return the entire pan-and-tub assembly
to the oven. At this point, fill up the tub generously with boiling water.
Resume baking at 300 degrees for another 55 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 (then immediately add a border of chocolate
chips around the edge of this cheesecake, if desired). 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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