Cappuccino Cinnamon Tofu Cheesecake

[Guest guest]

The following article and recipe appeared in our local paper the other day, in a

column called " Versatile Vegetarian, " by Angela Stephens. I thought I'd send

it along because the article is interesting and the recipe sounds yummy! The

cookbook sounds good too.

 

Graham crackers are best known today as one of the first snack foods for

toddlers and as the base of that humble campout favorite, s'mores. Yet this

humble food had controversial beginnings and a vegetarian pedigree.

 

The graham cracker was created by an eccentric Presbyterian minister, Sylvester

Graham in the 1830's. Graham became interested in health and adopted a strict

vegetarian diet. He railed against the consumption of alcohol, meat, white

flour and other excesses.

 

From his pulpit, he promoted what he thought was a healthier diet that included

lots of fruits and vegetables, whole-grain breads (homemade, not from the local

bakeries which tended to use white flour) and cereals. People scoffed at many

of his " outlandish " ideas - including frequent bathing and brushing teeth.

 

Graham developed his cracker - a combination of molasses and a coarsely ground

whole wheat flour that was quickly baked to prevent it from going rancid - as a

way to get more people, especially children, to eat whole wheat and,

particularly, bran.

 

There is still such a thing as " graham flour. " Basically, it is a coarser grind

of whole wheat flour that retains much of the bran. It's ideal for baking.

 

Perhaps a healthy pairing of graham crackers with tofu can make this creamy

cheesecake seem less sinful.

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook *

 

Cappuccino Cinnamon Tofu Cheesecake

 

Recipe By :Patricia Greenberg

Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories :

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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12 Whole graham crackers or

1 1/4 cups lowfat graham cracker crumbs

6 tablespoons soft soy margarine

1 1/2 pounds soft tofu

1 cup sugar or light granulated cane juice

8 ounces soy cream cheese

1/2 cup expresso or strong coffee -- cooled

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 

Process the graham crackers in a food processor on high speed until they are

finely ground. Add the margarine and pulse until the mixture reaches the

consistency of coarse crumbs. Pat the mixture into a thick layer in the bottom

of a 9-inch springform pan or nonstick 9-inch pie pan. Set aside.

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

 

In a blender or food processor, puree the tofu until smooth. Add the sugar, soy

cram cheese, expresso and cinnamon and process until smooth.

 

Pour the tofu mixture into the prepared crust and bake for 50 minutes. Turn off

the oven, leaving the cake in the oven for 1 hour.

 

Remove and cook. Refrigerate the cheesecake overnight and serve at room

temperature.

 

Source:

" Soy Desserts: 101 Fresh, Fun & Fabulously Healthy Recipes "

 

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Per serving: trace Calories (kcal); trace Total Fat; (7% calories from fat);

trace Protein; trace Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; trace Sodium

Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0

Other Carbohydrates

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[Guest guest]

Sorry folks, I found two typos in the recipe I sent, so even though

you'd probably know what was meant, I thought I'd send the corrections

anyway.

 

I even used the spell checker, but since cram and cook are real words,

they weren't picked up as errors :-)

 

mrudnick wrote:

 

> * Exported from MasterCook *

>

> Cappuccino Cinnamon Tofu Cheesecake

 

> In a blender or food processor, puree the tofu until smooth. Add the sugar,

soy cram cheese, expresso and cinnamon and process until smooth.

 

This should be soy CREAM cheese.

 

> Remove and cook. Refrigerate the cheesecake overnight and serve at room

temperature.

 

This should be remove and COOL.

 

I also doubt that the nutritional info is correct because MC didn't

" recognize " a number of the ingredients.

 

Miriam

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