Strawberry Cheesecake (Recipe from a Box)

I love cheesecakes. So I made a mental note to try do one with my kids.  I saw a blueberry cheesecake recipe on a box of Magnolia Cream Cheese.  I bought all the ingredients.  But there wasn't a blueberry filling available on the store where I went so I bought strawberry instead, which turned out for the better because it was R's favourite flavour.  I would like to share with you our little dessert experiment.   So here's a slice of what we came up with.  

Ingredients:

Crust:

1 1/4 cups graham crackers crumbs

1 tsp cinnamon (optional)

1/3 cup melted butter

1 tsp lemon rind

2 tbsps sugar

Filling:

1 pkg. cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup sugar

1 tbsps. unflavored gelatin dissolved in

3 tbsps. milk

1 cup all purpose cream, chilled

1 cup strawberry in syrup

Procedure:

1. To make crust, mix crumbs with cinnamon, sugar, margarine, and lemon rind. Press on a 9″ pie plate or removable bottom pan. Chill.

2. For the filling, beat cream cheese and sugar until light and well blended. Meanwhile, dissolve unflavored gelatin in milk over low heat and add to cream cheese while still hot. Continue beating to blend well.

3.  In a separate bowl, whip cream until stiff and fold into cream cheese mixture. Pour onto crumbs. Top with strawberries in syrup. Chill for 4-6 hours.

Sweets for my sweet!