7-Up Lemon Cheesecake With Strawberry Glaze

Ingredients

----Crumb Crust----
2 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/2 Cup Butter -- melted
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
----7Up Filling----
1 Package Unflavored Gelatin
6 Tablespoons Sugar
1 1/2 Cups 7-Up® -- divided
2 Eggs -- beaten
1 Small Lemon Pudding And Pie Filling  -- not instant
3/4 Cup Water
----Strawberry Glaze----
1/2 Cup Strawberry Jelly -- melted
Unsweetened Frozen Fresh Strawberries -- thawed

Directions

CRUST: Combine well the graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter. Press onto bottom and partway up sides of buttered 9" springform pan; chill.

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

TOPPING: Brush top of chilled cheesecake with melted jelly. Arrange strawberries upright on cake and spoon any remaining melted jelly over them.

Recipe By   Patti Anderson