Easy Raspberry Cheesecake Bites Recipe 465 Food

EASY MINI CHEESECAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners.
• Make the graham cracker crust: Stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Press about 2-2 1/2 tablespoons of the mixture into the bottom of each muffin liner and press to compact.
• Beat room temperature cream cheese with a hand mixer until fluffy. Beat in room temperature sour cream. Beat in egg, sugar, and vanilla extract. (Room temperature ingredients are a must to avoid lumps!)
• Evenly divide (about 2-2 1/2 tablespoons each) cheesecake among crusts. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until they just begin to brown. Cool completely and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Serve plain or topped with whipped cream and berries. See notes for additional serving suggestions.

RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• To make the crust, combine the graham crackers, sugar, and melted butter until moistened. Pour into a 9-inch springform pan. With your hands, press the crumbs into the bottom of the pan and about 1-inch up the sides. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
• Raise the oven temperature to 450 degrees F.
• To make the filling, cream the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Reduce the speed of the mixer to medium and add the eggs and egg yolks, 2 at a time, mixing well. Scrape down the bowl and beater, as necessary. With the mixer on low, add the sour cream, lemon zest, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly and pour into the cooled crust.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Turn the oven temperature down to 225 degrees F and bake for another 1 hour and 15 minutes. Turn the oven off and open the door wide. The cake will not be completely set in the center. Allow the cake to sit in the oven with the door open for 30 minutes. Take the cake out of the oven and allow it to sit at room temperature for another 2 to 3 hours, until completely cooled. Wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• Remove the cake from the springform pan by carefully running a hot knife around the outside of the cake. Leave the cake on the bottom of the springform pan for serving.
• To make the topping, melt the jelly in a small pan over low heat. In a bowl, toss the raspberries and the warm jelly gently until well mixed. Arrange the berries on top of the cake. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Note: Measure your springform pan. The bottom of mine measures 9 inches, but it says 9 1/2. I put the springform pan on a sheet pan before putting it in the oven to catch any leaks.

RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE BROWNIE BITES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Grease two 24-cup nonstick mini-muffin pans with nonstick cooking spray or butter.
• For the brownie batter: In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and vanilla until well combined. (The batter will be very dry.)
• Stir in the sugar and melted butter until well combined, then stir in the flour with a firm rubber spatula. Set the batter aside.
• For the cheesecake filling: In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the cream cheese, raspberry jam and egg yolk at low speed until well blended, about 2 minutes. Stir in the food coloring drop by drop until the desired color is reached. Transfer the mixture to a pastry bag or resealable plastic bag.
• Spoon a tablespoon of brownie batter into each of the cups of the prepared mini-muffin pans. Pipe about 1 teaspoon of the cheesecake filling onto each, then top off each cup with an additional teaspoon of brownie batter.
• Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a brownie bite comes out clean, about 12 minutes.
• Let the brownie bites cool for 10 minutes in the pans and then unmold and transfer to wire racks to cool completely.