Receta Mini Cherry Cheesecake Treats
Boy do I have a yummy treat for you today!
My mom used to make these all the time when we were growing up.
I set out to make these this weekend using her original recipe and it did not go over very well.
We're talking about liquid goop inside the cupcake liners…..
with the vanilla wafers floating to the top…kind of looking like they were swimming in a sea of raw eggs with little bits of cream cheese floating around them.
Yeah. It was pretty darn gross.
I just stared at that mess of a recipe and asked myself:
How come they never looked like that when mom would make them?
I was determined to remake them so I sent Husband Man out to the store to purchase more ingredients….bless his southern heart.
Hers called for placing a whole wafer at the bottom of the cupcake liner, which normally would be an easy thing to do but I couldn't help but kick it up a notch.
Instead, I placed the wafers through the food processor and mixed them with some butter, cinnamon, and a little sugar.
(Gasp! She did what?!)
I also used two boxes of cream cheese instead of one like her recipe suggested and added 1/4 tsp. of lemon extract.
The results were amazing.
I hope she forgives me for revamping her recipe.
I'm sure I will find out once I talk to her this coming weekend.
Pray for me y'all!
(makes 12 mini treats)
Ingredients:
- Half a box of vanilla wafers
- Couple pinches of ground cinnamon
- Couple pinches of granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 (8 oz.) packages of cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. lemon extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 can of cherry pie filling
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners and set aside.
2. Process the vanilla wafers in a food processor until crumb-like.
3. In a medium bowl, mix the crumbs with the pinches of cinnamon and sugar. Cut in the 1/4 cup of butter until it forms small crumbs again.
4. Place 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of the wafer mix into the bottom of each cupcake liner.
5. With an electric mixer, mix the cream cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy.
6. Mix in the vanilla extract, lemon extract, and eggs. Continue mixing until well blended.
7. Pour 1/4 cup of the cream cheese mixture over the wafer crumbs in each liner.
8. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into each treat comes out clean.
9. Store in refrigerator until ready to serve. Top each treat with the pie filling.
**Libby's Notes: If you aren't a big fan of cherries, you can use any pie filling you want on these. The sky is the limit.
Recipe Source: Original recipe from my mother, with little tweaks made by me.