Patriotic Mini-Cheesecakes

By srumbel

Patriotic Mini-Cheesecakes are an easy mini cheesecake recipe topped with macerated strawberries & blueberries. They are the perfect red, white & blue recipe to help you celebrate Memorial Day or 4th of July!
from kleinworthco.com

Ingredients

• 1 1 1 cup crushed graham cracker crumbs
• 1 1 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 3 3 tbsp butter melted
• 3 3 8oz pkgs cream cheese 8oz each - softened
• 2 2 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 3 3 eggs
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup diced strawberries
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup blueberries
• 1 1 1 cup granulated sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Combine berries & 1 cup sugar in a small bowl & toss to combine.

Set aside to macerate until it becomes like a syrup with the berries.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Melt butter in microwave safe bowl for approx 30 seconds.

Add graham cracker crumbs & 2 tbsp of sugar. Mix until combined & crumbs are moist.

Line muffin tins with 18 baking cup liners.

Put approx 1 tsp of moist crumbs in the bottom of each liner & press down to compact & cover bottom.

Beat cream cheese, vanilla extract & remaining sugar in electric mixer until well combined.

Add in eggs one at a time- mixing until just blended.

Scoop into your prepared liners on top of your crackers. I did one large scoop to start & then went back & topped each off with my remaining batter so that they were all uniform in size.

Bake 25-30 minutes- until center is almost set.

Cool completely. I was impatient- so I stuck mine in the freezer for about 30 minutes.

When ready- peel papers off, top with macerated berries

Store in refrigerator in airtight container. (I'm storing my extra batch in the freezer so we can have them as we crave them)

Servings 18