Look like you put a lot of work into it a fancy dessert when you really didn’t!
This really is the perfect individual sized treats for parties, picnics, or other big gatherings. Considering the only thing you bake is the pie shells, not the filling or anything else, this recipe is pretty easy!
Recipe Tip: Cut the calories on this rich decadent dessert by substituting Neufchatel (light cream cheese) and 2% milk.
I hope you love it as much as my bunch does!
| Mini Cheaty Cheesecakes |
- pie dough (homemade or store bought)
- 1 (8 ounce) brick of cream cheese – softened
- 1 cup of whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 package of instant pudding (vanilla or lemon flavored)
- fresh berries
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut pie pastry into circle large enough to fit inside a muffin tin without any excess sticking out of the top.
- Score with a fork so it doesn’t bubble during baking.
- Bake shells till golden, about 15-20 minutes.
- While shells are baking, make the filling.
- Whisk sugar and pudding mix till blended.
- Beat softened cream cheese, lemon extract & cream together.
- Slowly add dry ingredients.
- Chill mixture in refrigerator until pie shells are completely cooled.
- Spoon or pipe filling into pie shells.
- Top with sliced berries and garnish with a sprig of mint.
Serving size depends on the size of the muffin tin used. The smaller the tin, the more Mini Cheesecakes this recipe yields.
Cut the calories on this rich decadent dessert by substituting Neufchatel (light cream cheese) and 2% milk.
Original recipe:http://www.frugalfrontporch.com/?p=255
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OMG sounds delicious!
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They are scrumptious but keeping them downsized to mini portions also helps me limit how many I eat so I don’t blow up my calorie intake now that I’m trying to eat better. I’m thinking about making everything into a mini-fied version! Wonder how hubby would like that? lol
Oh these look delicious. I was just thinking about making mini pies as a way of portion-controlling snacks. Mini cheesecakes sounds so much better.
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Mama Kelly, these really are my weakness so I HAVE to make them this way or I WILL eat the entire pie but then again, I think mini anything tastes better! lol
Thanks for stopping by and have a great night.
~Jenn
What a great idea! I definitely want to try this.
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Come on by sometime!
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Thanks. These are sooooo delicious and cheesecake is my biggest weakness. I have to make them mini-fied or I’d eat an entire pie!
BTW-lookin forward to the 31dbbb challenge. I missed it last year but I’m am ready to go this year!
Have a great night!
~Jenn
Wow – these look AMAZING!! I love anything with lemon extract. You should come and enter my Vanilla Bean Paste giveaway http://eatcakefordinner.blogspot.com/2011/11/vanilla-bean-paste-giveaway.html
Thanks Jenn. Obviously you can sub any flavor extract but I liked the fullness and freshness the lemon extract gives the cheesecakes. I’ll be sure to stop by your giveaway today. Vanilla bean paste sounds very yummy.
~Jenn
These are sooooo delicious and cheesecake is my biggest weakness. Thanks Jenn. The Communal Table, Thanksgiving Dinner | How Does She…