Easter Cookies Cream Mini Cheesecakes Recipes

OREO™ COOKIES AND CREAM MINI CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Line 24 miniature muffin cups with paper baking cups. In small bowl, mix crushed cookies and melted butter. Press 1 teaspoon cookie mixture firmly in bottom of each muffin cup.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese, milk and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg; beat well. Fold in cut-up cookies. Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon cream cheese mixture into each crust-lined muffin cup.
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are set and centers are still soft. Cool in pan on cooling rack 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 48 hours before serving.
• Just before serving, in 1-cup microwave-safe measuring cup, combine chocolate chips and shortening. Microwave on High for 30 to 45 seconds or until melted, stirring once. Drizzle chocolate over tops of cheesecakes. Store in refrigerator.

MINI CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Line muffin tins with 12 paper baking cups. Place a vanilla wafer in each one.
• In a medium mixing bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add eggs, lemon juice, and sugar. Beat until smooth and thoroughly combined.
• Fill each baking cup 2/3 full with cream cheese mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 17 minutes. Cool on a rack. Top with fruit pie filling. Pipe whipped cream or sweetened cream cheese into a rosette on top of each cheesecake just prior to serving, if desired.

MINI CHEESECAKES FROM PHILADELPHIA®

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mix graham crumbs, 2 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottoms of 18 paper-lined muffin pan cups.
• Beat cream cheese, remaining 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crusts.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until centers are almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 2 hours.
• Beat whipping cream with mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form; spread gently onto cheesecakes. Top with blueberries and lemon zest.

NO BAKE COOKIES AND CREAM MINI CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and sour cream until well combined.
• Fold in the whipped cream topping.
• Place 10 chocolate sandwich cookies in a bag and crush them using a rolling pin. Add the crushed cookies to the cheese mixture and stir to combine.
• Place cupcake liners in each cup of a 12-cup muffin pan. Separate 6 cookies and place one half in the bottom of each cupcake liner.
• Top each cookie with cheesecake mixture and place in the refrigerator to chill for four to six hours.
• When the cheesecake has set, separate the remaining 6 cookies and place one cookie in each cheesecake as decoration.

EASTER COOKIES & CREAM MINI CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Crush 10 cookies into fine crumbs; mix with butter. Press evenly onto bottoms of 12 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake 8 min. Meanwhile, chop 4 of the remaining cookies; reserve for later use.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in reserved chopped cookies. Spoon evenly over crusts.
• Bake 22 to 25 min. or until centers of cheesecakes are almost set. Cool completely.
• Refrigerate cheesecakes 2 hrs. Meanwhile, cover baking sheet with parchment. Microwave white chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min., stirring every 30 sec. Continue microwaving and stirring in 10-sec.increments just until chocolate is completely melted when stirred. (Be careful to not over heat.) Spread chocolate into thin layer on prepared baking sheet.
• Chop remaining cookie; sprinkle over melted chocolate along with the candy-coated chocolate pieces and sprinkles. Refrigerate until firm.
• Top cheesecakes with COOL WHIP just before serving. Break chocolate bark into small pieces; place over cheesecakes.

MINI CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C). Line a 12-count muffin pan with cupcake liners and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir together the graham cracker crumbs and sugar. Add the melted butter and mix until all of the crumbs are moistened. Evenly distribute the mixture between all 12 liners and firmly press it down into one even layer.
• Bake at 325°F (163°C) for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside. Keep oven temperature at 325°F (163°C).
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, mix the cream cheese and sour cream together until smooth and creamy. Add the sugar and vanilla extract and mix until fully combined, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Mix in the eggs, one at a time, on low speed until just combined.
• Evenly distribute the batter between all 12 liners in the cupcake pan, filling each one almost all the way to the top.
• Bake at 325°F (163°C) for 17-20 minutes or until the tops of the cheesecakes are set.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 1 hour. Carefully remove from the pan and chill in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours or overnight.