Easy Mini Cheesecakes

April Lowe

(Makes about 2 dozen)

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs

¼ cup sugar

¼ cup margarine or butter, melted

3 – 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened

1 (14 oz) can Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT Evaporated milk)

3 eggs

2 teasp vanilla extract

1 (21 oz) can Pie filling or Topping, any flavor or berries to top each one

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 300.  

2.  Combine crumbs, sugar and margarine; press equal portions firmly onto bottoms of 24 mini-muffin cups.  Demarle silicone molds work best for popping these out when they are chilled.

3.  In large mixer bowl, beat cheese until fluffy.  Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth.  

4.  Add eggs and vanilla, mix well.  

5.  Spoon equal amounts of mixture (about 3 tablespoons) into prepared cups.  Bake 20 minutes or until set.  Cool.  Chill, Top with filling, a raspberry, or mini chips.

**  I often make this in my food processor and just drizzle the milk in while it's running.  It's super fast that way!

Chocolate: Melt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; add to batter.