mini cheesecakes

Thought I'd post what I am making for fathers day/celebrating Cole's bday.

Bry is a big fan of cheesecake, but we like different toppings. He's more into fruit-I'm into chocolate. The kids don't really love cheese cake, but they are into anything in a cupcake liner that they can top. So I'll be making mini cheesecakes and putting out mulitiple toppings (blue berries, strawberries, rasberries, toffee bits, crushed oreos, mini chocolate chips and chocolate sauce for us).

I got the idea and recipe by stalking Rebecca Price's facebook page. Her friend suggested this mini cheesecake receipe from Iheartnaptime.blogspot.com (sorry, having troubling adding the link in. . .). Here's the recipe as seen on their site. PS. kind of an amazing crafty site. You should check it out.

Ingredients:

14 Nilla Wafer Cookies
2 8oz packages cream cheese
3/4 C sugar
2 Tbs flour
2 Tbs powdered sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 Tbs fresh lemon juice
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Foil cupcake liners

Optional Toppings:
canned pie filling
fresh berries
whipped cream
chocolate sauce
caramel sauce
lemon curd

Preheat oven to 375. Soften cream cheese if needed. With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar. Add in flour and baking powder and beat to combine. Then add in eggs, one at a time, lemon juice, and vanilla. Beat to combine.

Fill a muffin pan with cupcake liners and place two vanilla wafer at the bottom of each one. Divide batter between 12 muffin papers, filling each cup up to about 1/4 inch from the top. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. They'll puff way up during baking, but they'll settle after being chilled.

When you take them out of the oven, place them on a cooling rack and let them cool completely. While they cool, they will sink down in the center. Don't worry- that's normal! It makes the perfect little well to fill up with the fruit filling. Before you top them, chill in the fridge for at least 4-6 hours or preferably over night. Then top and serve. I used a strawberry glaze and then put strawberries on top.