Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes
- 1 1/2 cups Biscoff or gingersnap crumbs
- 4 Tbs. melted butter or margarine
- 12 oz. reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbs. light brown sugar
- 1 Tbs. all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp. ground ginger
- 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 18 tsp. ground allspice, optional
- 1 cup low-fat sour cream
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 Tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder, divided
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- To make Cheesecakes: Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
- Combine Biscoff crumbs and melted butter in bowl.
- Press 2 Tbs.
- crumb mixture into bottoms of each paper liner.
- Bake 10 minutes, or until crumb crust begins to brown.
- Puree cream cheese, pumpkin puree, eggs, brown sugar, flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and allspice in blender or food processor until smooth.
- Divide mixture equally among paper liners.
- Bake 15 minutes, or until set.
- Let Cheesecakes cool in paper liners, then remove liners.
- For best flavor, refrigerate 12 hours or up to 2 days.
- To make Cocoa Sour Cream: Combine sour cream, sugar, 2 tsp.
- cocoa powder, and vanilla in small bowl until sugar dissolves.
- Garnish each Cheesecake with dollop of Cocoa Sour Cream just before serving, and dust lightly with remaining 1 tsp.
- cocoa powder.
crumbs, butter, cream cheese, pumpkin puree, eggs, light brown sugar, flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, salt, ground allspice, lowfat sour cream, sugar, cocoa, vanilla extract
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/mini-pumpkin-cheesecakes/ (may not work)