Cherry Cream Cheese Tarts

By linguini

Paula Dean's Cherry cream cheese tarts
Makes 22 for me

Ingredients

• 2 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 12 vanilla wafters
• 1 (21oz) can cherry pie filling

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F. Place a paper cupcake liner in each cup of muffin pan. Beat cream cheese with a handheld electric mixer until fluffy, add sugar and vanilla, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lay a vanilla wafer, flat side down, in each muffin cup. Spoon cream cheese mixture over wafers. Bake for 20 minutes. Allow tarts to cool completely. Serve with cherry filling on top, or pie filling of you choice.