No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits

Name: No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 370 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 9 pieces Graham Cracker (9 graham cracker sheets (full sheets)- one full sleeve for most brands); ¼ cup Butter (¼ cup butter *I use salted butter); 1 oz Gelatin (.25 oz unflavored gelatin 1 packet); ¼ cup Water (¼ cup water); 8 oz Cream Cheese (8 oz low-fat cream cheese *not fat-free); 1 cup Skyr (1 cup plain skyr or plain Greek yogurt (0% fat or low-fat)); 1 cup Cottage Cheese (1 cup 2% Good Culture cottage cheese , whipped); 1 cup Freeze Dried Strawberries (1 cup freeze dried strawberries *you can leave these out for a plain cheesecake filling) — optional; ¼ cup Sugar Blend (¼ cup Splenda sugar blend *see notes for sweetener swaps); 1 tsp Lemon (1 tsp lemon zest); 2 tsp Vanilla (2 tsp vanilla extract); 2 cup Strawberry (2 cups fresh strawberries chopped)

A no-bake, layered dessert of graham cracker crust, a creamy strawberry-cheesecake filling, and fresh strawberry topping.

370 minAmerican

Servings6

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Gluten Free
Pescatarian

Steps

1Place the graham crackers into a food processor and blitz until finely ground. Drizzle in the butter and pulse until combined. The texture should be similar to wet sand. Divide the crust mixture between the jars or dessert dishes and press down to compact (I use a tart tamper). Refrigerate the jars to chill the crust while you make the filling.
2Place the dried strawberries in a high-powered blender (I use a bullet blender). Blend until finely ground into a strawberry powder.
3Bloom the gelatin in ¼ cup of water and let it sit for 5 minutes, then warm for 15-20 seconds in the microwave until dissolved. Stir and set aside.
4In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, Skyr (or Greek yogurt), whipped cottage cheese, dried strawberry powder, sweetener, lemon zest, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. *I use the whisk attachment on my stand mixer. Slowly beat in the gelatin mixture, pouring in a thin stream, until combined.
5Divide the cheesecake filling layer between the jars. Cover and chill for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight, until firm and set.
6Before serving, top each parfait with chopped fresh strawberries (I use the 8-oz jars so I have room for this) and drizzle with a little honey or maple syrup, if desired. Whipped cream is also great here!