Bake Sale Mini Cheesecakes

When I baked cupcakes for the bake sale at work, I also waned to find something unique for the parents. Yet again, I merely used a google-found recipe, but they turned out great.

Recipe from allrecipes.com

Yields: 12
Ingredients:
 12 Vanilla Wafers
2(8oz) Pckg Cream Cheese, softened
2 Eggs
2 TBS Lemon Juice
2/3 C White Sugar
1 (21oz) Can Pie Filling ( I used lemon and cherry)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Line muffin tins with 12 paper baking cups. Place a vanilla wafer in each one.
3. In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy (this part is VERY important, in both this recipe and my previous oreo cupcake recipe. The cream cheese is very hard to work with and will not come to a desirable texture if this step is skipped) Add eggs, lemon juice, and sugar. Beat until smooth and thoroughly combined. (this step takes a while, but is well worth it)
4. Fill each baking cup 2/3 full with cream cheese mixture.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 15-17 minutes. Cool on rack. Top with fruit pie filling. Pipe whippe cream or sweetened cream cheese in to a rosette on top of each cheesecake prior to serving, if desired.

I topped them with whipped cream. I aso added yellow sprinkles to the lemon and cherries to the cherry. I provided spoons for customers to use to eat them with and everyone very much enjoyed them. It is very important to not top with whipped cream, etc. until immediately prior to serving or they end up looking pretty gross...remain tasty though.

I also sprinkled both finished products with Graham Cracker Crust Crumbles :)