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Clare’s Simple Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

Clare’s Simple Mini Cherry Cheesecakes brings (8 oz) pkgs. cream cheese, softened, cup sugar and the rest of the crew together in a recipe that is practical enough for a normal kitchen but still has enough personality to avoid tasting like committee food.

Clare’s Simple Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

What It Is

Sarah's mom Clare, makes a great miniturized verison of Sarah's cheesecake, but Sarah got her recipe idea from her mom. Guess cheesecake runs in the family. Clare’s tiny cherry cheesecakes. Portion control remains theoretical.

Origin

This version is connected to as: Canada (Alberta).. I keep that connection as part of the recipe’s personality without pretending every dish arrived with a notarized birth certificate.

Fun Fact

The cookbook version really does pair 2 (8 oz) pkgs. cream cheese, softened with ¼ cup sugar. That combination comes straight from the original recipe, not from a late-night refrigerator séance.

Prep
20 min
Cook
20 min
Temp
350°F (175°C)
Total
40 min
Servings
24 mini cheesecakes
(or 1, if you don't believe in sharing)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Low-Carb
Away Mission
10 min walk
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Ingredients

  • 2 (8 oz) pkgs. cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 24 vanilla wafers
  • 1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 375ºF
  2. Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, lemon juice and vanilla until light and fluffy.
  3. Line regular sized muffin pans or cupcake tins with paper baking cups and place a vanilla wafer in the bottom of each cup.
  4. Fill the cups ⅔ full of cream cheese mixture.
  5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until set.
  6. When warm, top each with a tablespoon of cherry filling.
  7. Chill in refrigerator.
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Notes

Taste near the end and adjust. Salt, acid and heat are much easier to add than remove, despite what some of my more enthusiastic recipes occasionally imply.

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 mini cheesecake
Calories 40
Burning this off: about a full driveway of January snow, shovelled with feeling.
% Daily Value*
Fat 1.5 g 2%
Saturated + Trans 1 g 5%
Cholesterol 10 mg
Sodium 15 mg 1%
Carbohydrate 6.0 g
Fibre 0.0 g 0%
Sugars 6.0 g 6%
Protein 0.5 g
Potassium 20 mg 0%
Calcium 5 mg 0%
Iron 0.0 mg 0%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
A genuinely respectable nutrition profile. No red flags here — go ahead and feel a little smug about it.

Substitutions

From the cookbook: Use "Nilla™" Waffers under the cheesecakes. of canned pie filling or make your own and add on top. Waste not, Want not! The Watermelon 1.3 billion tons of food are Cleanse wasted every year. This Take thetojuice of a US of amounts $1 trillion watermelon about wasted or lost(or food. If 2 cups worth), add a leaf of wasted food was a country, mint or basil, 2 cups it would be the third largest water, ¼ofcup lime dioxide juice producer carbon ice cubes and you a in the world, after thehave U.S.A great watermelon and China. Just ¼ ofdrink all that isfood bothcould loaded with wasted feed the vitamins will keep 795 million and undernourished you cool and the refreshed. people around world who suffer from hunger.

Storage

Cool leftovers promptly and refrigerate in a covered container. Keep crisp garnishes separate whenever possible so tomorrow’s lunch does not become damp architecture.

Freezing

Freeze cooked components in meal-sized airtight portions where practical. Dairy-heavy sauces and fresh garnishes may change texture, so add those fresh after reheating when possible.