Bite Sized Cheesecake Cupcakes Food

BITE-SIZED CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with foil cupcake liners.
• Place a vanilla wafer cookie into the bottom of each cupcake liner.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; pour atop the cookies until the liners are about 3/4 full.
• Bake in preheated oven until center is nearly set and slightly collapsed, about 20 minutes.
• Refrigerate cupcakes 2 hours to overnight. Spoon cherry pie filling onto the cupcakes.

CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cupcake pans with paper cupcake liners.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and 1 cup of sugar. Stir in the eggs one at a time, then mix in the vanilla. Spoon into cupcake pans to fill about 2/3 to 3/4 full.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 to 10 minutes.
• To make the sour cream topping, whisk together the sour cream, 1 cup sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Spoon into the well on the top of each cupcake.
• Return to the oven and bake for an additional 5 to 7 minutes, until set. Set cupcake pans on racks to cool, do not remove cupcakes from the pan until they are completely cool. For a finishing touch, you can add a dollop of your favorite pie filling on top.

BITE-SIZE SALTED CARAMEL CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Combine graham crumbs, brown sugar, 1/4 tsp. salt and butter; press onto bottoms of 24 paper-lined mini muffin cups.
• Beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Add egg; beat just until blended. Spoon into muffin cups, adding about 1 Tbsp. cream cheese batter to each.
• Bake 15 min. or until centers of cheesecakes are almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Place caramels in small heatproof bowl. Add milk and 1/4 tsp. of the remaining salt. Place over pan of boiling water, making sure boiling water does not touch bottom of bowl. Cook until caramels are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently.
• Drizzle about 1 tsp. caramel sauce over each cheesecake; sprinkle with remaining salt. Refrigerate 1 hour.

BITE-SIZED CHERRY CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Place liners in small muffin cup pan and place 1 vanilla waferin the bottom of each.
• In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla until fluffy.
• Fill muffin cups halfway with mixture.
• Bake 20 minutes.
• Cool and top with cherry filling.

SOUR CREAM CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Crust:.
• In a medium sized bowl pulverize the graham crackers.
• Stir the melted butter and 1/4 cup sugar into the crackers.
• Put a tablespoon of the mixture into each cupcake holder.
• Press firmly and evenly on the bottom.
• First Layer:.
• Combine cream cheese, eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla in a medium sized bowl and mix until smooth and creamy.
• Pour mixture into each cupcake holder, filling them about 2/3 of the way.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.
• Second Layer:.
• Combine the sour cream and 1/3 cup sugar in a medium sized bowl and mix until smooth and creamy.
• Pour the mixture over the baked part, filling each cupcake holder completely.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 minutes.
• Cool in the refrigerator until cupcakes become firm enough to stand alone when paper holder is peeled away.
• Berry Topping:.
• In a medium saucepan combine the frozen berries and corn starch.
• Bring to a boil mixing constantly.
• Simmer until the mixture becomes clear, stirring regularly.
• Cool to room teperature.
• Cover each cupcake with berries.
• ENJOY!