MINI CHERRY CHEESECAKES
From spinach1948 14 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Mini Cherry Cheesecakes, which have a rich base under a lovely tart cherry filling. They make a festive dessert. This recipe was adapted from Kay Keller who posted this recipe in the Taste of Home magazine of Dec/Jan of 1995.
Ingredients
- Ingredients: shopping list
- 1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs shopping list
- 3 Tbs. margarine, melted shopping list
- 1 package ( 8-oz ) 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 tsp. lemon juice shopping list
- 1/3 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- Topping: shopping list
- 1 pound pitted canned or frozen tart red cherries shopping list
- ½ cup sugar shopping list
- 2 Tbs. cornstarch shopping list
- red food coloring shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a bowl, combine crumbs and margarine. Press gently into the bottom of 12 paper-lined muffin cups. In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, vanilla, lemon juice, sugar and egg; beat until smooth. Spoon into crusts. Bake at 375 for 12 – 15 minutes or until set. Cool completely. Drain cherries, reserve ½ cup juice in a cepan; discard remaining juice. To juice in pan add cherries, sugar, cornstarch and food coloring if desired. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionlly; boil for 1 minute. Cool; spoon over cheesecakes. Chill for at least 2 hours.
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Boy oh boy! so good!
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Mmmmm. Yes, please. I'd like one :)
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