Individual Mini Raspberry Cheesecakes Recipes

RASPBERRY MINI CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F; line muffin tins with cupcake liners.
• Place a cookie in the bottom of each cupcake liner; top with 1 teaspoon of the jam.
• Beat cream cheese until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Gradually beat in milk, then eggs, one at a time; beat 2 to 3 minutes more.
• Divide batter between each cupcake liner.
• Bake until set, about 20 minutes.
• Let cool on rack for 20 minutes, then refrigerate 1 hour.
• To serve: microwave remaining jam for 15 seconds to form a glaze, remove cheesecakes from tin and top with raspberry glaze.
• Garnish with fresh raspberries if desired.

MINI RASPBERRY SWIRL CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line 16 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Crumble the prepared graham cracker crust; evenly distribute crumbs into the bottom of the prepared muffin cups. Press crumbs down to create a firmer crust.
• Blend cream cheese in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add sugar and mix until well blended. Mix in vanilla and salt. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition until blended.
• Distribute cream cheese mixture evenly among the muffin cups; it should be about 3 tablespoons for each cup. Add 1/2 teaspoon raspberry puree on top of each cheesecake. Use a toothpick to gently swirl the puree to create a marble design on each one.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is set, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack.
• Refrigerate before serving.

MINI NO BAKE RASPBERRY CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Line a 12 cup muffin pan with paper cup liners.
• In a medium bowl, combine graham crackers crumb, crushed pecans and melted butter, mixing well to blend.
• Spoon mixture evenly into a 12 cup muffin pan lined with paper cup liners.
• Press mixture with a spoon to firm bottom.
• Puree raspberries and set aside.
• Beat cream cheese until fluffy.
• Add condensed milk and 1/2 cup of the rapberry puree and mix until well blended.
• Fold in Cool Whip.
• Spoon evenly into baking cups.
• Freeze for at least 5 hours.
• Invert cakes onto individual serving plates.
• Drizzle remaining raspberry puree over cakes.
• Garnish with a few whole raspberries.
• Serve frozen.

INDIVIDUAL MINI CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Place a fine sieve over a small saucepan and press the thawed raspberries and juices through it, extracting as much liquid as possible. Stir in sugar. Bring mixture to a boil over medium high heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Boil liquid, stirring constantly,until mixture is reduced to 3 tablespoons (20 minutes). Remove from heat and set aside, cooling completely.
• Preheat oven to 325-degrees F. Grease inside of cans with butter. Place cans on parchment paper, tracing circles to fit inside cans. Line bottom of cans with paper circles. Place cans on cookie sheet and set aside.
• Place the crushed cookies and sugar in a small bowl and mix with a fork. Add melted butter to crumbs and stir with fork unil crumbs are moistened. Spoon crumb mixture into cans, dividing evenly among the three cans, pressing down with fingers. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven but keep oven on.
• Place cream cheese and sugar in mixing bowl and beat with electic mixer on medium speed for 45 seconds or until mixture is creamy. Add egg, yolk and water, reduce mixer speed to low and beat until combined (20 seconds). Beat in the prepared raspberry reduction (the raspberries that were boiled down and set aside), cream and vanilla (15 seconds) until blended. Spoon batter into cans, dividing evenly among the three cans. Return to oven and bake until set (25-30 minutes). Remove from oven and transfer cheese cakes to cooling rack. Cool completley in cans. Cover and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight to cool completely.
• The next day- pour cream (1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) into saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Remove from heat and add chocolate, swirling to incorrporate chocolate into cream. Let stand one minute. Stir with a whisk until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is smooth. Use immediately.
• To serve - run a knife around the insides of the cans to loosen cheesecakes. Turn cakes out and remove paper circles, placing cakes upright on cooling rack. Spoon chocolate sauce over cheesecakes, using a spatula or knife to smooth it over top and sides of cakes. Arrange a few raspberries on each cake, if desired. Refrigerate until firm (20 minutes or up to 4 days). Transfer cakes to individual dessert plates.

MINI WHITE CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Combine cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottoms of 12 paper-lined muffin cups, adding about 1 Tbsp. crumb mixture to each cup.
• Beat cream cheese, vanilla and 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add melted chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Spoon over crusts.
• Reserve 12 raspberries for garnish. Process remaining raspberries with remaining sugar in food processor or blender until smooth. Pour through fine-mesh strainer into bowl. Discard strained solids.
• Pour strained raspberry sauce into resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag; use to pipe 3 small dots raspberry sauce onto batter in each muffin cup. Use toothpick to swirl raspberry sauce into heart-shaped designs as shown in photo.
• Bake 18 to 20 min. or until centers of cheesecakes are almost set. Cool cheesecakes completely. Refrigerate 2 hours.
• Cut reserved raspberries in half; place, cut sides down, on tops of cheesecakes.

MINI CHEESECAKES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line miniature muffin tins (tassie pans) with miniature paper liners.
• Crush the vanilla wafers, and place 1/2 teaspoon of the crushed vanilla wafers into each paper cup.
• In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy. Fill each miniature muffin liner with this mixture, almost to the top.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Cool. Top with a teaspoonful of cherry pie filling.