Mini Cheesecake Tarts - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
    1 (8 ounce) package fat free cream cheese, softened
    3/4 cup sugar
    2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    2 large eggs
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1/4 teaspoon almond extract
    vegetable oil cooking spray
    2/3 cup gingersnap crumbs (12 to 16 gingersnaps)
    3 cups fresh fruit
    Garnish
    fresh mint sprig
Preparation
    Beat cream cheeses at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth; add sugar and flour, and beat well.
    Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
    Stir in extracts.
    Lightly coat 6 (4-inch) tart pans with removable bottoms with vegetable cooking spray; sprinkle pans evenly with gingersnap crumbs, shaking to coat bottom and sides of pans.
    (Let excess crumbs remain, evenly covering bottom of each tart pan.)
    Place tart pans on a baking sheet.
    Divide cheesecake batter evenly between tart pans.
    Bake at 350\u00b0 for 18 to 20 minutes or until set.
    Remove from oven, and let cool on a wire rack 30 minutes; remove from tart pans. (A pancake turner works great for removing the tarts from the bottom of the pans and transferring them to a serving platter.)
    Divide fruit evenly, and arrange decoratively over each cheesecake.
    Garnish with mint, if desired.

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