Miniature Cheesecakes

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon margarine, melted
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 large egg
• strawberry preserves (for garnish) or apricot preserves (for garnish)

Recipe

• 1 combine crumbs, sugar and margarine.
• 2 press rounded measuring tablespoons- ful of crumb mixture onto bottom of each of six paper-lined muffing cups.
• 3 bake at 325 degrees f for 5 minutes.
• 4 combine cream cheese, sugar, juice, peel and vanilla, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
• 5 blend in egg; pour over crust, filling each cup 3/4 full.
• 6 bake at 325 degrees f for 25 minutes.
• 7 cool before removing from pan.
• 8 chill.
• 9 top with garnishes just before serving.
• 10 make ahead: wrap chilled cheesecakes individually in plastic wrap; freeze. let stand at room temperature 40 minutes before garnishing and serving.