EASY MINI CHEESECAKES
These creamy mini cheesecakes are inspired by none other than.. the Cheesecake Factory!
Author: Elmundoeats/Photo credit to elmundoeats.com
Ingredients
- The Base
- 5.3 oz digestive biscuits (150 g) or use graham crackers
- ¼ cup butter (60 g), melted
- The Cheese Filling
- 10.5 oz cream cheese, full fat (300 g), room temperature
- ½ cup sugar (100 g)
- 2 eggs , room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 ½ tbsp all purpose flour (14 g)
- 6.5 oz sour cream, full fat (185 g), room temperature
- Optional Toppings
- some strawberry marmalade
- berries of your choice
Instructions
- The Base
- Using a food processor, blend digestive biscuits into fine mixture. Pour into a bowl and add melted butter. Mix well.
- Divide evenly into 12 muffin liners in a muffin pan. Using a spoon, press the mixture tightly and evenly. Set aside.
- The Cheese Filling
- Using a low speed in your mixer, mix cream cheese until just creamy. While mixing, gradually add in sugar. Then add in eggs 1 by 1, mixing just until well combined.
- Then add in vanilla extract, lemon juice, flour and mix again just until combined. Finally add in sour cream and mix everything together.
- Using an ice cream scoop, divide the cheesecake filling evenly into prepared muffin pan. Gently shake the pan to make the top surface flat.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 320ºF (160ºC) for 15 minutes or when you gently shake the pan, the cheesecake wiggle a bit and the center look not as set.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool to room temperature in the pan. Place the pan in the fridge overnight.
- How To Serve
- Serve as they are or with some strawberry marmalade and your favourite berries.