5-Ingredient No-Bake Cheesecake

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⏱ 65 mins 🍽 ['8', '1 9-inch cheesecake'] 🌶 american 🏷 Dessert

This American dessert is a wonderfully simple, lemon-flavoured cheesecake that skips the oven entirely. With only five key components, it comes together quickly before chilling to a perfect, firm consistency. It yields one 9-inch cheesecake, serving eight people, and requires about 65 minutes of total preparation and setting time. It's a versatile treat suitable for everything from relaxed gatherings to more formal dinners.

5-Ingredient No-Bake Cheesecake

Ingredients

  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®), thawed
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
  • 0.33333334326744 cup lemon juice
  • 1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust

Method

  1. Assemble the required ingredients.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, mix the sweetened condensed milk, thawed whipped topping, and softened cream cheese. Pour in the lemon juice and beat on a low setting for about 2 minutes until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
  3. Transfer the filling into the prepared graham cracker crust. Place it in the refrigerator to chill and set firmly, which will take 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories483 kcal
Fat26 g
Sugars42 g
Protein7 g
Sodium316 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDessert
Cuisineamerican
AuthorMary-Helen Matthews