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We made this for the 4th of July but I must say this is the best Cheesecake if you don’t want a heavy type cheesecake and it really has a great taste.

Greek Yogurt Cheesecake

*1 1/2 packages of Graham Cracker crushed
*8 tablespoons of Butter melted
*1/4 cup of sugar

Mix together and press into a 9 x 13 pan lined with Foil, to help lift out cheesecake to cool after baking, and spray foil with Pam. Bake at 375*F for. 7-8 minutes. Remove from oven and top with Cheesecake Filling.

Cheesecake Filling

*2 packages of Greek Yogurt Cream Cheese or low fat Cream Cheese, I used one of each at room
temperature.
*3/4 cup Sugar
*3 large Eggs, at room temperature
*2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
*2 teaspoons Vanilla
*1/4 teaspoon Salt

Pour filling into pre-made crust. Using a roasting pan place the 9 x 13 cheesecake pan in roasting pan, fill roasting pan with 1/2 inch water and bake for 25 minutes at 325*F. Remove Cheesecake from oven and lift with the foil to put on a cooling rack to cool. Cut into rectangular shapes. I cut into eight flag shapes. (If you need more detailed instructions see the below links.)

Decorate just before serving.

For Decorating:

* I used 32 Blueberries if yours are small you might need more.
*Seedless for piping purposes Raspberry Jelly, or we used homemade Strawberry Coulis

Adapted from allrecipes cheesecake and the crust

Crust

Cheesecake Filling

I know this picture is little out order. This is to show how the foil should look before putting graham cracker crust mixture getting it ready to bake.

This is also a picture of how the mixed cheesecake filling should look.

The top two pictures are unbaked and the bottom two are finished baking and cut into rectangles. I didn’t have a roasting pan, so I improvised with flat roasting pan and I wouldn’t recommend it it spills and you could get burned.

I hope you will make this cheesecake it’s not just for the 4th of July.

Lindy

This was our 4th of July dinner table. We used socks to cover the pop bottles and you can find out how to make the Candy Fireworks here.

You can find out how to make the Flag and Star banner here and the Fourth of July banner here

Pinwheel Straws

Making Pinwheel Straws.

Supplies:

*Brads
*Scissors
*Paper Punch to fit the size of your brad (mine was 1/16th inch Punch).
*Paper of your choice cut into 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch squares (cut as many as you will need).
*Straws

After cutting out your squares, cut slits on each corner about a 1/2 inch from the center of square.
Then punch holes in every other corner. Take the corners with the holes and one at a time curve them towards the center careful not to bend them to much. Then put brad through holes and punch a hole through the center of square and open brad at the back.

I slipped straw through one of Pinwheel Sections.

You can find out more how to make them here.