Cherry Cheese Tarts Recipe For Chicago 12 Cup Mini Cheesecake P Food

MINI CHERRY CHEESECAKES WITH VANILLA WAFER CRUSTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, lemon juice and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Line regular sized muffin pans or cupcake tins with paper baking cups and place a vanilla wafer in the bottom of each cup.
• Fill the cups 2/3 full of cream cheese mixture.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until set.
• When warm, top each with a tablespoon of cherry filling.
• Chill in refrigerator.

MINI CHEESECAKE TARTS

Steps:

• 1. Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and eggs together until smooth.
• 2. Press 1 vanilla wafer into each paper cup.
• 3. Spoon cheese mixture over wafer.
• 4. Bake for 10 minutes at 350.
• 5. Cool, place pie filling on top. Refrigerate.
• 6. You can change the pie filling flavors to your liking.

MINI CHERRY CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Place a vanilla wafer into the bottom of each muffin cup.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla extract in a bowl until fluffy. Spoon mixture into the muffin cups, filling them 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheesecake filling is set, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours. Spoon 2 or 3 cherries from pie filling over each cheesecake.

MINI CHERRY CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine crumbs and butter; press gently onto bottoms of 12 foil-lined muffin cups. In another bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla. Add egg; beat on low speed just until combined. Spoon over crusts. , Bake until centers are almost set, 12-15 minutes. Cool completely. , For topping, drain cherries, reserving 1/2 cup juice in a saucepan; discard remaining juice. To reserved juice, add cherries, sugar, cornstarch and, if desired, food coloring. Bring to a boil; cook until thickened, about 1 minute. Cool; spoon over cheesecakes. Refrigerate, covered, at least 2 hours.

BLANCA'S CHERRY CHEESE TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place cup cake liners into muffin tins.
• To Make Filling: In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar. Stir in eggs, vanilla and lemon juice. Mix thoroughly.
• To Make Crust: Combine crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Cut in butter until crust forms small crumbs. Put one spoonful of crust into each cup cake liner and pat it down. Spoon a layer of filling on top of crusts.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. When tarts are fresh from oven, spoon cherry pie filling over top of each. Let tarts chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes to an hour.

CHERRY CHEESE TARTS- RECIPE FOR CHICAGO 12 CUP MINI CHEESECAKE P

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Place one disc in each cup of the cheesecake pan. Lightly grease the pans with butter or use a non-stick spray.
• Blend cream cheese with the egg, vanilla and 1/4 cup sugar. Set aside.
• Mix the ground nuts woth the melted butter and 3 tablespoons of sugar.
• Press the nut crumb into the base of 12 cups. Press the crumbs into the base and about 1/3 ways up the side of each cup.
• Fill evenly with the cheesecake mixture.
• Bake 14 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the oven and place on a rack to cool for 20 minutes.
• The tops will all as they cool.
• Lightly loosen the cheese tarts around the edges and carefully remove the cheesecakes by pushing the handle of a wooden spoon through the hole at the bottom of each cup.
• When cool, take the disc off the bottom of each cheesecake using a butter knife.
• Place 3 or 4 cherries on the top of each tart.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve. Makes 1 dozen cheesecakes.

CHERRY MINI CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly butter 6 (6-ounce) ramekins
• Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the cherries and 1 tablespoon of the Kirsch, and cook until the fruit softens and glazes, about 7 minutes. Divide the cherries with their juices evenly among the prepared ramekins.
• Pulse the cream cheese, sugar substitute, eggs, and remaining 2 tablespoons of Kirsch in a food processor until smooth. Pour the filling into the ramekins.
• Bake the cheesecakes until the edges puff slightly and the centers almost set, about 25 minutes. Cool the cheesecakes on a rack in the ramekins. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
• When ready to serve, run a small knife around the outside of the cheesecakes. Carefully invert each cheesecake onto a plate, then flip the cheesecakes over so the cherries are on the bottom. Lightly dust with cocoa.

CHERRY CHEESECAKE TARTS

Steps:

• Bake pastry shells according to package directions. , In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and extract. With a fork, carefully remove the circular top of each baked shell and set aside. Remove any soft layers of pastry inside shells and discard. , Spoon the cream cheese filling into shells; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 5 minutes. Cool for 1 hour. Refrigerate until serving., Just before serving, spoon pie filling into shells. Top with reserved pastry circles. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate leftovers.

MINI CHEESECAKE TARTS

Steps:

• Beat cream cheeses at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth; add sugar and flour, and beat well.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Stir in extracts.
• Lightly coat 6 (4-inch) tart pans with removable bottoms with vegetable cooking spray; sprinkle pans evenly with gingersnap crumbs, shaking to coat bottom and sides of pans.
• (Let excess crumbs remain, evenly covering bottom of each tart pan.)
• Place tart pans on a baking sheet.
• Divide cheesecake batter evenly between tart pans.
• Bake at 350° for 18 to 20 minutes or until set.
• Remove from oven, and let cool on a wire rack 30 minutes; remove from tart pans. (A pancake turner works great for removing the tarts from the bottom of the pans and transferring them to a serving platter.)
• Divide fruit evenly, and arrange decoratively over each cheesecake.
• Garnish with mint, if desired.

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE TARTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and extract until smooth. Spoon into shells. Top with pie filling. Refrigerate until serving.

MINI CHERRY CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Place cupcake inserts into cupcake tin.
• Crush several vanilla wafers or pecan sandies and sprinkle into bottom of cupcake inserts about 1/4", or use a whole vanilla wafer.
• Mix cream cheese, eggs vanilla.
• Add about 1/2 cup of the 3/4 cup sugar.
• Taste mixture.
• If not sweet enough add more sugar.
• I like to add a little at a time and taste.
• When I feel it's sweet enough I stop.
• Mix about 5 minutes with a mixer on medium.
• Add to cupcake inserts till about 2/3 full.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
• Cool and spoon cherrie pie filling on top of mini cheescake tarts.