Author: The Crafting Chicks
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 40 mins
- To make the mini cheesecakes, you will need: (Makes 1 Dozen)
- Mini Cheesecakes:
- 2 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese
- 3 eggs (separate the yolks and set aside, you will need both)
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 T. flour
- ¼ tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 box regular Nilla Wafers
- Foil Cupcake Liners
- Sour Cream Topping:
- ¾ cup sour cream
- 2 T. sugar
- 1 T. grated rind of a lemon or 1 T. real lemon juice (optional...but it's good!)
- ½ tsp. vanilla
- Topping:
- Berries, Canned berries, Chocolate or Caramel...You Choose!
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Place foil liners in the muffin tin. Add a Nilla Wafer to the bottom of each liner.
- In a small bowl, beat 3 egg whites until stiff. In a Large bowl, beat together: cream cheese, sugar, 3 egg yolks, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in flour and baking powder. Fold egg whites into cream cheese mixture.
- In another bowl, mix together sour cream sugar, lemon rind and juice, and vanilla. Set aside.
- Fill each liner ¾ full with cream cheese mixture. Bake for 18-20 min (check after 12 min with toothpick). Remove from oven, and add a spoonful of the sour cream mixture onto the top of each cheesecake. Return to the oven and bake for another 5-7 minutes. Allow the cheesecakes to cool. Add on your fruit, chocolate or caramel toppings.
Recipe by The Crafting Chicks at https://thecraftingchicks.com/mini-cheesecakes/
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