7 Up Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberry Glaze

An easy, tasty cheesecake recipe from Recipe Cove

2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter; melted
1 tsp cinnamon
1 pkg unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 cups 7-up; divided
1 small pkg lemon pudding & pie filling (not instant)
6 tbl sugar
2 eggs; beaten 3/4 cup water
11 oz cream cheese; softened
1/2 cup strawberry jelly; melted
Fresh strawberries or unsweetened frozen, thawed whole strawberries

Instructions:



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.
Soften unflavored gelatin in 1/4 cup 7-up for 4 minutes.
In a saucepan combine pudding/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.
Brush top of chilled cheesecake with melted jelly.
Arrange strawberries upright on cake and spoon any remaining melted jelly over them.

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