Mini Cherry Cheesecake Treats
This recipe has the every day staples of a normal cheesecake, except in mini form. The vanilla and cinnamon crust gives the flavor a little kick.
Servings 12 mini cheesecakes
Calories 265kcal
Ingredients
- Half a box of vanilla wafers
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 8 oz. packages of full fat cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. lemon extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 can of cherry pie filling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners and set aside.
- Process the vanilla wafers in a food processor until crumb-like.
- In a medium bowl, mix the crumbs with the pinches of cinnamon and sugar. Cut in the 1/4 cup of butter until it forms small crumbs again.
- Place 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of the wafer mix into the bottom of each cupcake liner.
- With an electric mixer, mix the cream cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the vanilla extract, lemon extract, and eggs. Continue mixing until well blended.
- Pour 1/4 cup of the cream cheese mixture over the wafer crumbs in each liner.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into each treat comes out clean. Store in refrigerator until ready to serve. Top each treat with the pie filling.
Notes
Recipe Source: Original recipe from my mother, with little tweaks made by me.
If you aren't a big fan of cherries, you can use any pie filling you want on these. The sky is the limit. Also, do not use the low fat (1/3 less fat) cream cheese. Use the regular, full fat version.
Nutrition
Calories: 265kcal