Busters Recipes

Miniature Cheesecakes

These cookies have been part of my family's holiday tradition for many years. Their appearance on holiday trays never fails to entice, and they taste as good as they look!

Ingredients:

2 (8-ounce) pkg. cream cheese, softened
3/4 c. sugar
3 eggs, separated
3/4 c. graham cracker crumbs
2 T. sugar

Directions:

Blend together cream cheese, 3/4 C sugar, and egg yolks. In separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff and fold gently into cream cheese mixture. Mix graham cracker crumbs with 2 T. sugar. Grease mini-muffin tins and coat well with graham crumb mixture. Fill each prepared tin about 1/2 full of cheesecake mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. (Cheesecakes will rise during cooking, then fall as they cool.) Remove carefully from pans when cool.

Topping...

Ingredients:

3 T. sugar
3/4 c. sour cream
1 T. vanilla

Directions:

Mix together topping ingredients and place a small dollop (1/2 tsp.) in the center of each cheesecake. You may also use cherry or blueberry pie filling as a topping for the cheesecakes, as you prefer. Makes 4 dozen.

Submitted by: Vicki Matthews Queen of Florida