I promised a separate post of the honey yogurt cheesecake bars I made for my birthday dinner last Saturday, and here it is. In case you were too lazy busy to click the link to my previous post, I’ll mention again that I used this recipe (and Ashley, again, you are a genius!). They were a great success at my dinner party and I’m going to admit that I had a few too many the day after. The leftovers didn’t last long! 
So cheesecake, at least to me, sounded like an intimidating project but I was really craving it and decided to take on this challenge. Apparently, making cheesecake is a piece of cake. Ha, I didn’t even mean to make this pun 
So here are some progress pics, to give you a little courage to make your own cheesecake. This recipe is a really good one… and it’s healthy too!
All the ingredients:
Make some graham cracker crumbs (I used about 7 cracker sheets to make 1 cup of crumbs)…
Combine crumbs with oil and honey (+ cinnamon if you want – I didn’t use any)…
Press into a greased pan…
Than bake for 8 minutes. Yummy crust, great start
The filling… mix cream cheese, honey and maple syrup (I used 2T honey, 2T maple syrup instead of 1/2 c honey in the recipe). *Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature – it makes it easier to beat*
Beat 1 egg + 1 egg white into the mixture until well blended…
I was getting excited when I saw the pretty whisk peaks
Add greek yogurt…
+ vanilla extract…
The filling is done! Now top the graham cracker crust and bake.
Post baking and cooling…
And cut into pieces and served to my guests…
Mmm, cheesecake!
The whole recipe (based on the ingredients I used) is 2,315 calories. I cut this into approx. 10 bars of a decent size. This cheesecake was so incredibly creamy and rich and oh…. I seriously can’t get it out of my mind. I keep craving the stuff! There may be more cheesecake in my life in the very near future 
I highly, highly recomend this recipe!
Those look awesome! I looove cheesecake. I like how they have oikos in them! They sound delicious
I LOVE YOUR ROCK!! It’s gorgeous!
Those bars sound so good! I love cheesecake – probably one of the only desserts I can’t turn down!
Haha, K, I love how you first commented on the ring and then the cheesecake
I love it too! 
Speaking of cheesecake:
My director brought some Kosher cheesecake in to celebrate Shavuot. The label said it was low-fat and “weight friendly.” I took one bite and has to toss it; it was heinous: one of the girl’s took a slice and asked me what “kosher” meant. I told her it was Hebrew for “yuck”.
The sad thing is, she believed me, and asked the director why she brought us “yucky cheesecake.” Go figure!
Yours looks delicious, though!
These look amazing!! I just bookmarked this in my recipe folder! yayy!
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Haha, Tiffany, that is the funniest story ever. How can people not know what kosher is? Hmm. Sorry that cheesecake sucked. Baked goods like this make a bad name for healthy foods. Boo. I made some yummy cheesecake brownies today. Want me to bring one for you tomorrow?
Brooke, let me know if you try them! I thought they were really great!!
Yes, please!!
How wonderful! Thanks so much for posting the recipe!
these look fabulous, and i totally need to make them
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