Tofu Banana Cheesecake

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (if you wanted to go all out healthy, you could sub fiber cereal and add a tablespoon of sugar)
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 22 ounces firm tofu
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest or 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 medium ripe bananas
• 8 ounces mandarin oranges

Recipe

• 1 crust:.
• 2 combine crumbs and melted butter.
• 3 press on bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• 4 bake at 350 for 6 minutes; cool.
• 5 pie:.
• 6 drain tofu (not necessary if you are using silken tofu). set aside.
• 7 in a blender or food processor, combine eggs, sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel and vanilla.
• 8 cut tofu and bananas into chunks; add half to mixer and blend.
• 9 add second half and oranges, blend until very smooth.
• 10 pour mixture into crust.
• 11 bake at 325 until golden, but center still jiggles slightly when gently shaken (about an hour).
• 12 let cool in pan on rack, then cover and chill in refrigerator until cold (2-3 hours).
• 13 to serve, remove pan sides and sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs and/or orange peel (if desired).