I was in charge of tonight’s dessert, for dinner at my parent’s house, and I wanted to do something easy. Because we have church in the afternoon, I thought it would be most convenient if I made dessert in the crock pot. I searched Pinterest and found this Crock-Pot Cheesecake recipe, inspired by Crock Pot Ladies. I changed it up a bit by using a different crust, and using low fat cream cheese, and it was fabulous! If you enjoy cheesecake, but not all of the hassle, then give it a try in the slow cooker – you may be surprised! Easy AND tasty!
| Crock-Pot Cheesecake |
Cook time: 3 hours
Total time: 3 hours
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 3 8 oz packages of 1/3 less fat Philadelphia Cream Cheese, room temperature
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups animal crackers, pulverized into crumbs (graham crackers will work too, but this is what I had on hand)
- 3 Tbs butter, melted
- jam (optional)
Instructions
- Find a bowl that fill fit inside your slow cooker, but will leave enough room for you to lift it out when finished cooking. A bowl with a lip is preferable.
- In a medium size bowl, mix animal cracker crumbs and melted butter.
- Press crumbs into the bottom of your bowl – the one that you will do the cooking in, inside the slow cooker.
- In a separate bool, Mix sugar and cream cheese until well blended.
- Add the eggs, one at a time. Mix after after each addition.
- Add the cream cheese mixture to the top of the graham crackers.
- Place cheesecake dish in your slow cooker and carefully pour water around the pan. I used a cup and slowly added water, about 2/3 of the way up the cheesecake dish. Just be careful not to get water in your cheesecake.
- Put the lid on the Crock Pot and cook on high for 3-3.5 hours, or until the center is not watery when a butter knife is inserted into the middle.
- If your dish is difficult to remove from the slow cooker, without getting water in it, then try using a syringe to get some of the water out of the slow cooker, before removing.
- Allow cheesecake to cool on the counter for about 15 minutes, then refrigerate for at least an hour, before serving.
- Serve with jam, if desired.
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Connie says
Weirdly intriguing! The “in a bowl” part threw me off – my crock pot is from 1983 (wedding present) and it’s round (about 8″) – I guess I’d be making a mini- cheesecake!
Teresa says
yum cheesecake!
Kat Meller says
I really love this! I will definitely be trying this very soon – cheesecake without heating up the kitchen – who knew that was possible. Thanks for sharing
Rachel Buntyn says
WOW! This looks great…never knew it could be made in the crockpot.
Trisha Fernandes says
I really have to try this out sometime. I love me some cheesecake!!
Tara says
That looks SO good! Wow! Thanks for sharing!
Kenia says
I love cheesecake, and this is a must!!
Olga Delgado says
I’ve never made cheesecake but I must try this!
Deb E. says
Looks so easy! And animal crackers–cute! I was looking for fudge made in a crockpot and found one, but basically it was just melting the chocolate (wasn’t very creative). This looks good though.
Emily says
This looks amazing!
Stacey K says
god this looks yummy
Amie says
I am going to have to make this!! I love cheesecake!!
Amy C says
Making STAT!!
mallory says
Can you use a spring form pan or will the H2O leak through. Im about to attempt thian wish?h me luck
Emily Lyon says
I’m so curious to hear if this works for you! I’m not quite sure how it will turn out!