Recipe: 7-Up Lemon Cheesecake

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Title: 7-Up Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberry Glaze
From: elly (egad)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Date: 1999/08/13

CRUMB CRUST
2 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

CRUST:
Combine well the graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter. Press onto bottom and partway up sides of buttered 9" springform pan; chill.

7-UP FILLING
1 pkg unflavored gelatin
6 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 cup 7-up, divided
2 eggs, beaten
1 small box lemon pudding & pie filling, not instant
3/4 cup water
11 oz Cream cheese; softened

FILLING:
Soften unflavored gelatin in 1/4 cup 7-up for 4 minutes. In a saucepan combine pie filling, sugar, beaten eggs and water. Blend well. Add 1-1/4 cup 7-up and bring just to a boil over medium heat stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in softened gelatin; cool 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of this warm mixture to softened cream cheese; mash together. Mix together with remaining 7-up mixture and stir until well blended. Turn into chilled crust and chill for at least 8 hours. Remove from pan and add topping.

STRAWBERRY GLAZE
1/2 cup strawberry jelly, melted
1 pint strawberries, sliced

TOPPING:
Brush top of chilled cheesecake with melted jelly. Arrange strawberries upright on cake and spoon any remaining melted jelly over them.