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Cheesecake

Crust:

15 (210 g) graham cracker rectangles*

1/4 C sugar

1/3 C margerine, melted

Filling:

1 C water

1 C Rich's Coffee Rich (liquid)

16 oz. marshmallows

3 C Cool Whip

1 t Almond flavoring

Optional

Fresh fruit or pie filling (adjust phe accordingly)

 

 

Crust:

Crush graham crackers.  Mix ingredients and pat into 9" X 13" pan.  Bake at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes.

Filling:

1) Heat marshmallows, water and coffee rich until mashmallows are just melted, stiring until mixture is smooth.

2) Let stand at room temperature until mixture is completely cooled (at least 1 hour but can be left as long as 6 hours with excellent results)

3) Stir in Cool Whip and flavoring into cooled marshmallow mixture

4) Spoon on top of graham crakcer crust

5) Refrigerate or freeze until ready to serve.

6) Cut into 24 portions (2 1/4" X 2 1/2 ").  Cutting is easiest if the recipe is frozen.

Optional

7) top with fresh fruit or pie filling.

Phe per recipe - 984 mg; Servings per recipe - 24; phe per serving - 41 mg

* to reduce phe use low protein graham crakcers (p 106, Low Protein Cookery for PKU); Phe per recipe - 433 mg; phe per serving - 18 mg

Recipe from PKU Listserve and MN PKU Foundation 2000 calendar