7-Up Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberry Glaze

Ingredients

Crumb Crust

• 2 cups Graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

7-Up Filling

• 1 envelope unflavored gelatine
• 1 1/2 cups 7-Up, divided
• 1 small box regular lemon pudding and pie filling (not instant)
• 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup water
• 11 ounces cream cheese, softened

Strawberry Glaze

• 1/2 cup strawberry jelly, melted
• Fresh strawberries or unsweetened frozen, thawed whole strawberries

Instructions

Crumb Crust

1. Combine all ingredients well. Press onto bottom and part way up sides of buttered 9-inch springform pan; chill.

7-Up Filling

1. Soften unflavored gelatine in 1/4 cup 7-Up for 4 minutes.
2. In a saucepan combine pie filling, sugar, beaten eggs and water. Blend well. Add 1 1/4 cups 7-Up and bring just to a boil over medium heat stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in softened gelatine; cool 3 minutes.
3. 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.
4. Remove from pan and add Strawberry Glaze.

Strawberry Glaze

1. Brush top of chilled cheesecake with melted jelly. rrange strawberries upright on cake and spoon any remaining melted jelly over them.