Simple Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes | Cookies and Cups

These Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes are a straightforward and delcious cheesecake recipe, excellent to your Thanksgiving dessert desk!

Not in search of mini? Ensure to strive my basic Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe too!

Creamy Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes for Fall Baking!

It simply wouldn’t be fall with out pumpkin cheesecake, in my view. I imply, cheesecake is like every little thing else: it has its seasons. Within the spring, it’s cheesecake with caramel. Summer time is cheesecake with berries. Winter is cheesecake with chocolate. I don’t make the foundations.

And fall? Properly, pumpkin is in all places! Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cake, pumpkin jelly roll cake, pumpkin pancakes… and, clearly, pumpkin cheesecake! However this yr, I’m obsessive about these little mini pumpkin cheesecakes! Each is made in a muffin cup, so they honestly are small and cute. 

Plus, they’re straightforward. Tremendous straightforward! With a crushed cookie crust and easy combine n’ bake filling, you’ll need to make these repeatedly. 

What You’ll Want

This recipe options a straightforward cookie crust, together with a easy cheesecake filling combination that solely wants a number of components.

For the Crust:

• Gingersnaps: Crushed gingersnaps add a spicy contact to the completed dish. However you may as well use graham cracker crumbs for a graham cracker crust if you happen to favor. To crush the gingersnaps use a blender or meals processor into high-quality crumbs!
• Sugar: I add a tablespoon of granulated sugar to my crust, however be at liberty to omit this if the crust is good sufficient to your style.
• Butter: Melted butter brings the crust collectively. Salted or unsalted is ok, whichever you like!

For the Cheesecake Filling:

• Cream Cheese: Set the cream cheese out an hour or so upfront in order that it could come to room temperature.
• Sugar: I take advantage of common granulated sugar, however you would even use brown sugar.
• Vanilla: Pure vanilla extract offers the perfect taste.
• Egg: Just like the cream cheese, it’s greatest if the egg is room temperature.
• Pumpkin Pie Spice: You’ll find this on the baking aisle, together with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and different spices.
• Pumpkin: You’ll want a can of pure pumpkin puree. Ensure to not get pumpkin pie filling, which incorporates loads of added components and received’t work on this recipe.
• Whipped Cream: Whipped cream is my favourite non-compulsory garnish. You possibly can even add somewhat cinnamon or maple syrup into the whipped cream for a scrumptious taste mixture!

Make Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes

Making mini cheesecakes may be very easy! No want to fret about steam, springform pans, or cracking. Simply fill these muffin tins and slide them into the oven!

Make the Crusts: Preheat your oven to 350°F, and line a muffin pan with cupcake liners. Then, in a medium mixing bowl, combine collectively the cookie crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of the cookie crumbs into every cupcake liner, and press flat with a small cup or spoon. Bake the crusts for five minutes, till calmly golden, and funky on a wire rack when you make the cheesecake filling. 

Make the Cheesecake Filling: Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and sugar till easy. Add the vanilla, egg, and pumpkin pie spice. Combine for one more minute till the filling is easy, and scrape the edges of the bowl as obligatory. Flip the mixer to low, and blend within the pumpkin till simply integrated.

Fill and Bake. Pour the batter evenly on prime of the baked crusts, filling virtually to the highest. Bake the cheesecakes within the preheated oven for about eleven minutes, till the cheesecakes are virtually set, however barely jiggly within the heart.

Cool and Chill. When the cheesecakes are accomplished, take the pan out of the oven and let the cheesecakes cool within the pan for half an hour or so. Then switch the cheesecakes to a wire rack to chill utterly. Lastly, put them on a platter, cowl them, and refrigerate for at the very least 1 hour.

Serve! High the cheesecakes with whipped cream, if utilizing, and revel in!

Ideas for Success 

• Don’t Overmix: It’s essential to notice that after you add the egg to the filling combination, it’s best to solely combine the filling slowly till mixed. Beating the egg an excessive amount of will trigger the filling to be ethereal as a substitute of creamy.
• Add Toppings: In addition to whipped cream, a drizzle of caramel sauce and/or sprinkling of chopped nuts make an exquisite topping.
• Use a distinct cookie: Gingersnaps are the final word fall combo if you happen to ask me, however vanilla cookies or Nilla wafers would even be tremendous tasty!

Retailer Leftover Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes

Mini pumpkin cheesecakes have a “shelf life” just like common cheesecakes. They have to be refrigerated, and final about 3 days within the fridge. To maintain them as recent as doable, and maintain different meals smells (whats up, onions!) from being absorbed by the cheesecakes, cowl them effectively. I like to put all of them on a cake plate with a tight-fitting domed lid; you would additionally retailer them in tall, hermetic meals storage containers (plastic or glass).

Do Mini Cheesecakes Freeze Properly?

Really, sure! These do freeze effectively, though the crust won’t be fairly as crisp after thawing. Nonetheless, the filling will probably be decadent and creamy, so go for it! Retailer these cheesecakes within the freezer in hermetic containers for as much as 3 months, and thaw within the fridge earlier than serving.

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