Arkansas Cheesecake

Ingredients

 * 1 egg, separated
 * ½ cup skim milk (or less)
 * 1 pack gelatin (envelope)
 * ⅛ tsp salt
 * 1 tbsp Equal (nutrasweet)
 * 1½ cup cottage cheese (lumpy stuff)
 * 1 tbsp lemon juice
 * 1 tsp vanilla
 * 6 tbsp lite Cool Whip (frozen non-dairy topping like whipped cream)
 * ready-made graham cracker crust (optional)

Crumb topping

 * 2 graham crackers
 * pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg

Directions

 * 1) Take cottage cheese and cream in blender until very smooth.
 * 2) Set aside.
 * 3) Put egg yolk in top of double boiler beat well and add milk.
 * 4) Add gelatin and salt.
 * 5) Cook over boiling water until gelatin dissolves and mixture thickens (about 10 minutes)
 * 6) Remove from heat, add sugar substitute.
 * 7) Cool.
 * 8) Add cottage cheese, lemon juice and vanilla to cooled mixture.
 * 9) Chill, stirring occasionally, until mixture mounds when dropped from a spoon.
 * 10) Beat egg white until stiff.
 * 11) Fold egg white and Cool Whip together into mixture.
 * 12) Pour into graham crust or pour into pie plate and top with crumb topping.

Crumb topping

 * 1) Crush graham crackers fine.
 * 2) Mix with pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Nutritional Information
without topping or crust: with Keebler graham crust:
 * Calories 442 (whole pie!)
 * Calories 1402 (per serving: 175 | 7g fat)