Mini Cherry Cheesecakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 vanilla wafers or 12 pecan sandies
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar, depending upon taste (may be less)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
cherry pie filling

Preparation

Place cupcake inserts into cupcake tin.
Crush several vanilla wafers or pecan sandies and sprinkle into bottom of cupcake inserts about 1/4\", or use a whole vanilla wafer.
Mix cream cheese, eggs vanilla.
Add about 1/2 cup of the 3/4 cup sugar.
Taste mixture.
If not sweet enough add more sugar.
I like to add a little at a time and taste.
When I feel it's sweet enough I stop.
Mix about 5 minutes with a mixer on medium.
Add to cupcake inserts till about 2/3 full.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
Cool and spoon cherrie pie filling on top of mini cheescake tarts.