A nice variation on the cheesecake. We do wonder why anyone would want to add sugar to the crust, since graham crackers are already sweet. Since graham crackers are sweeter than they used to be, and now contain a long list of artificial ingredients, including high fructose corn syrup... ground almonds have become our favorite crust for cheesecake - with no added sugar. Ditto for the raspberry topping. A little squeeze of lemon juice with the raspberries can be nice. Otherwise, the natural fruit itself is lovely to see on the cheesecake, and totally delicious. Our family prefers a thin layer of sour cream - unsweetened - a a topping for cheesecake. The sour cream provides a wonderful contrast to the sweeter cheesecake. Once we dropped sugar and most of the starch in the rest of our food, we found most dessert recipes much too sweet. Making our own allows us to enjoy desserts, without the excessive sugar load. Bonus: the flavor of many of these treats was no longer masked by the excessive sugar! With Type 2 diabetes (caused by long-term over-consumption of sugars and starches) rates soaring, and Alzheimer's disease now being called 'Type 3 diabetes' by researchers, some may prefer to enjoy more desserts possibly over more years by reducing the amount of sugar and starch in the rest of their food (anything in a package likely contains sugars (starch is sugar, too, metabolically) - and reduce the amount of sugar in the treats they enjoy.

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