Apple-Cheddar Cheesecake

8 Thin wafer cookies

-lemon or vanilla 3 Apples

-peeled, thinly sliced 1/4 ts Apple-pie spice

1/2 c Vanilla low-fat yogurt

2 pk Lo-cal ("light") cream chees

-8-oz ea; or Neufchtel -cheese 3 Eggs

6 tb Extra-sharp Cheddar; shredde

3 tb Sugar

Sugar substitute -to equal 5 tbsp sugar Arrange the cookies in the bottom of a nonstick 9-inch cake pan in a single layer, edges touching. Arrange the apples on top, and sprinkle with pie spice. Combine remaining ingredients in a blender, cover, and blend smooth. Spoon over apples. Bake in a 350 oven for 45 minutes, until set. Serve warm or chilled straight from the pan. {190 calories per serving with low-fat cheese; 225 with Neufchtel} COMPLETELY SUGAR-FREE VERSION: Replace wafers with sugar-free dietetic cookies--available in health-food stores or the diet shelf of your supermarket. Replace vanilla yogurt with plain low-fat yogurt. Omit sugar; increase sugar substitute to equal 12 tablespoons or 3/4 cup. Add 2 teaspoons vanilla extract to the blender. Follow assembly and baking directions in the preceding recipe. SOURCE: Slim Gourmet Sweets & Treats (pg. 142) -----