Sugar-Free Cream Cheese Pie

(Added) sugar-free cream cheese pie! Known by some as cherry delight, it’s a simple dessert. It’s very similar to a no-bake cheesecake. It happens to be one of my diabetic father’s favorite desserts. Typically, cream cheese pie (cherry delight) calls for cherry pie filling, graham cracker crust, cream cheese, lemon juice, and sweetened condensed milk (or powdered sugar and milk). Of course, all of those ingredients except the cream cheese and lemon juice are packed with sugar. So, I came up with an added sugar-free version! Mine has only 3 grams of sugar per slice from the cherries.

Unfortunately, you’ll probably need to make your own sugar-free graham crackers. If you can find sugar-free store-bought graham crackers, or a sugar-free graham cracker crust then more power to you, you can just use that. But, if you can’t, try one of these recipes: https://bit.ly/31DIO9i or https://bit.ly/3fImro4 or another of your choice. If you do manage to find a sugar free pie crust you can skip steps one through six. Woo hoo, congrats, you have way better luck than me!

Canned sugar-free pie filling is getting easier to find, though you’re free to find a recipe and make your own if you want. If you’re not a fan of cherries you’re free to use any sugar-free pie filling you’d like. Sugar-free jam will also work great as a topping, you can even just use some raw sliced fruit! I occasionally make this with just sliced strawberries on top. It doesn’t really matter what you put on top, in my opinion, the real star of this sugar-free cream cheese pie is the cream cheese filling!

This is a great recipe to serve at a summer barbecue because its cool and fruity. Especially if you double the recipe and make it in a large pyrex baking dish! Looking for a sugar-free side to serve alongside your burgers and hotdogs? Try this shrimp and egg pasta salad! https://bit.ly/2PEO3zW

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Sugar-Free Cream Cheese Pie

Author: Mary Ellis Cooking Method: Baked

Difficulty: Easy Prep Time 40 mins Cook Time 15 mins Total Time 55 mins

Servings: 8

Ingredients

Servings

• 10 oz sugar free graham crackers
• 1 egg white
• 9 tbsp butter
• 10 oz cream cheese
• ¹⁄₂ cup allulose (divided)
• ¹⁄₄ cup swerve confectioners sugar
• ¹⁄₂ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp evaporated milk
• 1 can sugar-free cherry pie filling (about 20 oz or 2 cups)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Measure out 12 oz of sugar-free graham crackers into a blender or food processor. Add 1/4 cup of allulose and an egg white. Pulse several times.
3. Melt butter and add to the blender. Pulse again.
   
4. In a cake pan or deep pie dish, dump the graham cracker crust.
   
5. Very firmly, press the crust up into the sides and into the bottom on the pan.
6. Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool. Measure out the cream cheese into a bowl, cover, and let it come to room temperature.
   
8. When the crust is finally cool, the cream cheese should be room temperature.
9. Add the allulose and lemon juice to the cream cheese and work it together with a rubber spatula or a wooden spoon.
10. Add the Swerve confectioners sugar to the bowl and work it in.
11. Add the evaporated milk and the vanilla extract and mix for about a minute.
    
12. Add the cream cheese filling to the pie shell.
    
13. Add the can, or about 2 cups of homemade, sugar-free cherry pie filling. on top of the cream cheese filling and gently spread it all over.
14. Cover and chill for at least 4 hours before serving. Enjoy!