1. The crust. The crust is crushed vegan peanut butter cereal. You could use Barbara’s Bakery Peanut Butter Puffins or Peanut Butter Bumpers or another vegan peanut butter corn or rice-based cereal. Gluten-free friendly recipe. The crust gets a little crumbly upon slicing, but I don’t mind if you don’t.
2. The cheesecake. Peanut butter-infused cream cheese based cheesecake. Like I said, this is an “easy version” recipe - not from scratch. So I use 2 tubs of vegan cream cheese to lead the way. If you want to get all fancy and make a cashew-based cheesecake from scratch, go for it. This recipe for Lemon Cashew Cheesecake will give you an idea of how to do that.
3. The swirl. The swirl on top is velvety melted peanut butter combined with a hint of maple or agave syrup for sweetness. Simple and rich. It really brings home the bold peanut bitter flavor in this recipe.
Triple Peanut Butter Swirl Vegan Cheesecake
vegan, makes one cheesecake - used a 9” pie dish
16 oz. vegan cream cheese (2 standard tubs)
7 oz. virgin coconut oil
6 oz. liquid sweetener (I used maple syrup .. agave works too)
4 oz. creamy salted or unsalted peanut butter
swirl:
2 Tbsp peanut butter
2 tsp coconut oil
2 tsp liquid sweetener
crust:
3/4 cup crushed vegan peanut butter cereal
1 tsp coconut oil to thickly “grease” pie dish
Lighten it up: This is a rich dessert! A tiny slice goes a long way. But if you crave a lighter cheesecake, you can reduce the oil to 1/3 - 1/2 cup without compromising the taste at all. The texture will simply be a bit softer and less buttery.
Directions:
1. Add the vegan cream cheese, oil and peanut butter to a small bowl. Microwave until warm, room temperature. You want the oil to be almost melted or melted and the cream cheese and peanut butter to be at least room temperature. This ensures a smooth blend. And cold ingredients will turn the coconut oil back to its hard state and prevent a smooth blend.
2. Add the warmed ingredients plus the sweetener to a blender or fp. Blend until smooth.
3. Grease your pie crust and add a thick slather of coconut oil. Press the crushed cereal into the dish. (I crushed my cereal in my Vitamix) You want a fine powder.
4. Pour the cream cheese mixture over top the crust.
5. Warm the swirl mixture in the microwave until it is at a pourable state. Then drizzle it over top the cheesecake and around the edges however you’d like. Use a blunt knife or toothpick to further swirl the peanut butter into the cheesecake. Do not over swirl or the color will become muddled.
6. Place your dish in the fridge and wait! In about 1-2 hours it should be fully cooled and ready to slice. You can speed up this process by placing it first in the freezer for ten minutes.
7. Serve: I like to allow my cheesecake to warm up a bit before serving (if I use the full fat recipe above). If you used less oil, your cheesecake will probably be on the softer side. But if it is a bit hard, simply warm on the counter for 15-20 minutes and it will soften up nicely.
Want to make it even MORE amazing?? Drizzle some peanut butter caramel on top! QUAD-PEANUT BUTTER bliss. :)
Like or reblog of you’ve never tried to start shit on the #meat #cheese #eggs or any omnivore tag.
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So, with tumblr/yahoo deleting blogs showing animal gore/mutilation/cruelty, and I assume blogs that promote it, they obviously have to ban people from posting pictures of meat, right? It’s certainly showing and promoting animal mutilation (and cruelty), and worse than blogs that are simply trying to raise awareness and stop the cruelty.
If not there is an obvious bias and hypocrisy, and they shouldn’t be deleting any blogs.
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HALAL MEAT
To be halal certified the animal must be facing Mecca, have its throat cut while still alive and then ritually sacrificed by a Muslim who recites a prayer dedicating the slaughter to Allah. Because the animals must be slaughtered alive, stun guns are often not an option as they can kill an animal before the heart pumps out all the blood.
It is sickening to think that humans can do this and continue to support this. Go Vegan.
