Cocoa Cottage Cheesecake

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 10 vanilla wafer cookies
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1 3/4 cups cottage cheese
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 stir together finely crushed vanilla wafer cookies, 1 tbsp cocoa powder and 1 tbsp melted butter.
• 3 press onto bottom of 8-inch springform pan.
• 4 bake 5 minutes or until set. cool completely on wire rack.
• 5 place cottage cheese in a food processor or blender; process until smooth.
• 6 stir together cocoa, sugar and gelatin in saucepan; stir in 1/2 cup milk.
• 7 let stand 5 minutes to soften gelatin. cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin is completely dissolved; remove from heat.
• 8 add gelatin mixture and vanilla to cottage cheese in food processor; blend well.
• 9 pour onto crust and refrigerate for 4 hours.