Pina Colada Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 3/4 cups crushed social tea biscuits or 1 3/4 cups graham wafers
• 16 ounces cream cheese
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 2/3 cup plain yogurt
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons creamed coconut
• 1/3 cup rum or 1/3 cup coconut rum
• 1 (20 ounce) can drained pineapple rings
• 6 maraschino cherries, coarsely chopped
• 2 large egg whites, only
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons shredded coconut
• decorate with some maraschino cherry, halves if desired

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease a 9 inch spring form pan.
• 3 melt butter in a saucepot and remove from heat.
• 4 add crumbs stir in well.
• 5 press onto bottom of prepared pan.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 filling: beat the cream cheese until soft.
• 8 add in the sour cream and yogurt and eggs beat until smooth.
• 9 beat in the sugar and flour.
• 10 stir in the creamed coconut and the rum.
• 11 cut three of the pineapple rings into even sized pieces.
• 12 stir the pineapple into the cheese mixture.
• 13 stir in the 6 chopped cherries, combine well.
• 14 spoon the filling into the prepared crust.
• 15 bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until set.
• 16 topping: beat the egg whites with the sugar until soft peaks form.
• 17 fold in the shredded coconut.
• 18 mound mixture over the cheesecake.
• 19 cut remaining pineapple rings into wedges.
• 20 dot the cheesecake with the pineapple wedges and the cherries over the top of the meringue.
• 21 place back into the oven for 8 to 12 minutes, until golden brown-- remove let cool room temperature.