Friday, June 24, 2011

Paula Deen's Easy Cheesecake Cupcakes

Such a mouth full to say, but it is a delicious mouthful! I got the recipe from Kraft Foods, but obviously it is a Paula Deen recipe. Who doesn't love Paula? I made these for a little gathering we went to and they were loved by all. And best of all, they were super easy!! Enjoy!

Paula Deen's Easy Cheesecake Cupcakes
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. butter extract (I didn't have this, so I just used vanilla extract and it was fine)
2 eggs
12 vanilla wafers
1 cup seedless raspberry jam (I just used what I had. I used Raspberry Huckleberry jam)
1 pt. fresh raspberries (once again, I used what I had. Frozen rasbperries. Fresh would be better, but frozen worked great too!
2 Tbsp. powdered sugar for dusting
Heat oven to 350°F. Place a paper cupcake liner in each of 12 muffin cups. Beat cream cheese with a hand-held electric mixer until fluffy. Add granulated sugar and butter extract, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Place a vanilla wafer, flat-side down, in each muffin cup.

Spoon cream cheese mixture over wafers. I used an ice cream scoop and it worked perfectly. Bake for 20 minutes. Allow tarts to cool completely.

When cool, top each cheesecake cupcake with 1/2 Tbsp. of raspberry jam and fresh raspberries. Dust with powdered sugar.

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2 comments:

  1. Becky June 25, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    Yum! These looks so good. I've always wanted to make these and I hope to soon.

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  2. HazelJune 30, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    I just stumbled across this recipe and I had to try them. They were yummy! Thank you so much. I've got some of my own cupcake recipes on my blog (http://fresherfood.blogspot.com/). I hope you like them!

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