Chocolate Covered Strawberry Mini Cheesecakes
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE CRUST:
- 1 c. gráhám crácker crumbs
- 4 TB unsálted butter, melted
- 1/4 c. gránuláted sugár
- pinch of sált
FOR THE FILLING:
- 16 oz. creám cheese, room temperáture
- 2 eggs, whites ánd yolks sepáráted át room temperáture
- 3/4 c. gránuláted sugár
- 1/2 tsp sált
- 1 tsp vánillá extráct
- dásh of gránuláted sugár
ASSEMBLY AND TOPPING:
- cupcáke/muffin liners
- melting chocoláte
- stráwberries
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheát the oven to 375°F.
- In á smáll bowl, combine the gráhám crácker crumbs, sugár, sált ánd melted butter. Pláce cupcáke liners in á muffin tin ánd begin dropping rounded Táblespoons of the gráhám crácker mixture into eách liner. Press the crumbs into the bottom of the liner lightly, creáting á crust. There máy be some crumbs left over.
- Pre-báke for 8 minutes, then remove from the oven ánd reduce temperáture to 350°F.
- In á lárge bowl, beát together the creám cheese, gránuláted sugár, sált ánd vánillá extráct until fully combined ánd creámy. Beát in the egg yolks one át á time.
- In á smáll bowl using á hánd mixer, beát the two egg whites on high speed until soft peáks form. ádd á dásh of sugár ánd continue beáting for ánother 30 seconds – 1 minute.
- Gently fold the eggs whites into the creám cheese, mixing to á smooth yet thin consistency, then divide ámong the 12 muffin liners until the cups áre álmost full. You máy háve á little bit of leftover mixture, which you cán use to máke á bákers dozen or discárd.
- Báke for 20 minutes. Let rest át room temperáture for ábout 10 minutes until the filling returns to its normál shápe. Don’t worry ábout crácks in the surfáce, ás you’ll be covering them with chocoláte.
- Chill for á minimum of 2 hours before topping.
- Using á double boiler, gently melt your chocoláte, stirring occásionálly to combine. (álternátively, microwáve in á sáfe bowl for 30 second interváls, stirring eách time)
- At this point, you cán keep the cheesecákes in their liners or choose to remove them to get results like the picture ábove.
- With á regulár kitchen spoon, pour chocoláte on top of the cheesecákes máking sure to coát the entire surfáce. (Gently press melted chocoláte over the edges to get the dripping effect ábove) Wáit until the chocoláte on the cheesecákes hárden before dipping the stráwberries in the bowl of melted chocoláte ánd resting on top of eách cheesecáke.
Recipe Note
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