Miniature Cheesecakes

Ingredients:

• 1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup flour

Filling

• 12 oz. cream cheese
• 4 Tbsp. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• sour cream
• raspberry or cherry jam or drained crushed pineapple

Directions:

Have all ingredients at room temperature. Cream the cheese and butter together until smooth. Blend in flour. Divide into 24 small balls and put in 24 small muffin cups. Press pastry on base and side with the fingers to line each cup evenly.

Blend the 12 oz cream cheese, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Spoon into pastry lined muffin cups. Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for 20 minutes. Cool.

Spread the cheesecakes with sour cream and top with jam or with drained crushed pineapple.

Source: A Texas Cookbook from a long time ago!

By Robyn Fed from Tri-Cities, TN