These petite cherry cheesecakes are easy enough for a casual, everyday meal, but they look fancy enough for a special occasion. Whatever your gathering, these little gems are sweet and lusciously creamy. You and your guests will love them.
Petite Cherry Cheesecakes
Makes 24
Ingredients –
- 24 vanilla wafer cookies
- 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted
Directions –
- Heat oven to 375°F. Line 24 regular-size muffin cups with paper liners (I prefer the fancy silver liners). Place 1 vanilla wafer cookie in the bottom of each cup. Set aside.
- In large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and the extract with electric mixer on medium-high speed 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture is light and fluffy. Spoon evenly into muffin cups, filling 2/3 full.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from muffin cups to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours before serving.
- Just before serving, top each cheesecake with generous tablespoon of pie filling and sprinkle with almonds.
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