GF Coconut Crusted Cottage Cheese Cake

God knows we all love us some cheesecake. I have been thinking about attempting a gluten free crust and had a large container of cottage cheese begging to be used, so I got to work. 

Ingredients for crust 
1 cup dates
1/4 cup oats
1/2 cup shredded coconut
Small pat of butter

Pie crust out of the Vitamix

Directions
Preheat Oven 350 degrees
Blend dates in a high-powered blender (I used my Vitamix) until they form a dough-ball shape
Remove dates from blender
Blend oats, coconut & butter
Slowly add dates small pieces at a time until pie crust dough forms 
Roll out dough on counter with a small amount of gluten free flour
Pat out dough into a pie-pan 

Ingredients for cheesecake filling
2 cups 1% cottage cheese
1/4 cup sugar (I used coconut sugar-hence the brown color)
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. vanilla
2 eggs
3 tbsp all-purpose flour 
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
Optional: 1 tsp coffee grinds 

Directions
Blend cottage cheese, eggs, flour, lemon juice, vanilla, sugar & salt until smooth
Pour into prepared crust
Bake in oven and bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes or until filling is firm
Allow to cool completely 
Enjoy!

Ready for the oven!

Just had a small sliver... WOW that came out better than I expected