Fourth of July No Bake Star Cheesecake

Description

This no bake cheesecake is easy to make and great for 4th of July celebrations or parties. We found this recipe at All Recipes and made a smaller version.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package of Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 (8 ounce) tub of Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed
• 1/2 cup strawberry jam, heated
• 1/2-1 cup blueberries

Other Materials

• 9 inch pie plate
• Plastic Ziplock to make graham crumbs
• Star Cookie Cutters (metal preferably with no lip)
• Small Spatula

Steps

• Place Graham crackers in ziplock and smash until fine. We used a mohito stick but you can even use little hands to help.
• Mix crumbs, butter and granulated sugar. Press firmly into bottom of pie pan.
• Beat cream cheese and powedered sugar with electri mixer on medium speed until well blended. (Adult only)
• Gently stir in whipped topping. Spoon over crust and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Press cookie cutters lightly into top of the cheesecake.
• Warm jam in microwave just until it is easy to spread. It took only about 10 seconds.
• Using small spatula, spread jam up to all edges of the cookie cutters.
• Chill a minimum of three hours or overnight.
• Carefully remove cookie cutters and arrange blueberries around the edge of the pie pan. Add single or double rows.
• Cover carefully and refrigerate until ready to eat. Leftovers must be refrigerated.

Tips and Suggestions

• Premade graham crust will speed up things even more!
• A metal cutter with no lip would have been a much cleaner edge for the star shape. It would have been much easier to spread the jam up to the edges. Our blue cutters had a lip on the top which made it difficult to get the jam up to the edges.
• If you want extra stars, be sure to keep jam from an area to make another star. We used only two sized cutters.
• Simple shapes work best.