Cheesecake Bites

June 22, 2013

If you like cheesecake than these are for you. My mom made a slightly different version of this recipe that you make in an oblong pan and then cut into squares. I took the original recipe and changed it up a bit, making individual servings in mini muffin cups. I also added the cherry pie filling on the top. These were the most popular offering on my holiday cookie tray last year and I plan to double the batch this year.

1 stick butter softened
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup walnuts
3 bricks cream cheese softened
3 egg
3 tblsp heavy cream
juice of one lemon
3 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup sugar
1 can cherry pie filling

Finely grind the nuts in a food processor. Add to the nuts the butter, brown sugar and flour. Combine with hands until a soft dough forms. Press 1 tsp of dough into the bottom of mini muffin tins that have...
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Nutritions

Calories
85

Sodium
25mg
1% DV

Fat
4g
7% DV

Protein
2g
4% DV

Carbs
7g
2% DV

Fiber
0.5g
2% DV