I love all things mini, probably because it makes it an easy license to eat 7 of whatever the mini food is. mini goldfish, mini teddy grahams, mini oreos...mini tacos...the list goes on!
Here is my experiment for the week, mini nutella cheesecakes. Now, I feel like these could have turned out better, but hey, I tried. For one, my little guys fell as soon as i took them out of the oven. You have that moment where you're watching the cakes fall and you're like NOOOOO stopppp falllinngggg!! but alas, these babies turned into pancakes faster than I could talk them out of it. So, I am thinking about how I could fill in my "cheesecake cups" as I am now calling them to make them look a little better! ideas, anyone? Now, I still ate one, and it's still super good, especially chilled. If I were to do these again, i think I'd bake them at a higher temperature to try to stiffen them up before I took them out of the oven, and maybe fill them up even more beforehand. I also completely forgot to mix my Nilla wafers with butter, so they were soggy even though they kept their flavor! Sad! Oh the trials and tribulations of baking...
recipe adapted from barbara bakes
Mini Nutella Cheesecakes
2 8-oz. packages cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
5 tablespoons Nutella
12 Chocolate Hazelnut Pirouette cookies, crushed and mixed with 2-3 tablespoons melted butter
-or - 12 Nilla Wafers
Line muffin pans with cupcake papers. Put Nilla Wafers or Crushed cookie mixture into bottoms of cups. If using cookie mixture, press flat.
On medium speed, blend cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Add eggs and mix well. Pour batter over crust, filling cups about 3/4 full. Stir Nutella into remaining cheesecake batter. Distribute Nutella batter evenly between cups and use a knife to marble mixture.
Bake at 325 degrees F for 20-25 minutes. Remove, cool, and chill. Serves 12.
Good effort, Julia! Your characterization of falling like a pancake is fitting as pancakes rarely turn out right the first time you put them on the griddle....either the heat is not right or pancakes are under or overbooked, etc. If you like the flavor then a second attempt would be worth your time. Try to remember the butter next time!
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