Mini-Pumpkin Cheesecakes

[Roxy15]

Mini-Pumpkin Cheesecakes:

 

For this recipe, you will need a Mini Cheesecake Pan:

 

Crust:

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons melted butter

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

 

Filling:

1 eight ounce package cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup canned pumpkin (or cooked and mashed fresh pumpkin)

1 egg plus 1 egg white, slightly beaten

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons maple syrup

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon ground ginger

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

pinch of ground cloves

 

Topping:

1 cup heavy cream

powdered sugar to taste

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees, lightly grease the insides of the mini cheesecake pan (I use cooking spray).

 

2. In a medium bowl, mix crust ingredients until well combined. Divide mixture evenly between the 12 cups. Press crumbs firmly on bottom and 1/3 up sides of each cup using your fingertips or the bottom of a tablespoon. Set aside.

 

3. In a separate medium bowl, blend filling ingredients together until smooth. Spoon this mixture into each crust-lined cup, dividing evenly between all 12.

 

4. Place cheesecake pan into the preheated oven and bake for 14 minutes. Remove from oven and place on rack to cool for 20 minutes. Carefully remove cheesecakes from pan by pressing up from the bottom of each cup. Let cheesecakes cool completely on wire rack then refrigerate until ready to serve.

 

5. Just before serving, combine the cream, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon and whip until soft peaks form. Serve the cheesecakes topped with the cinnamon whipped cream.

 

Recipe Notes: You can change up the amount and type of spices in this recipe to suit your own taste. If you have pumpkin pie spice on hand, you can just use that to replace all of the other spices. If you want to experiment with the spices but don’t like the idea of tasting the batter with raw egg, blend together everything except the egg and keep adding spices and tasting until you get the flavor you want. Then add the egg and continue with the recipe