Mini Cheesecake Cups with Sour Cream Topping

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

These individually portioned cheesecake cups are made up of 3 layers: a chocolate graham cracker crust followed by a cream cheese filling and finished with a sour cream topping.

Ingredients

2/3 cup chocolate graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 6-cup muffin tin. Line the bottoms with parchment paper cut into circles.
2 Mix graham cracker crumbs, butter, and sugar together in a small bowl. Distribute mixture evenly into the muffin cups and press firmly to form the crusts.
3 Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Leave oven on and let crusts cool for 5 minutes.
4 Meanwhile, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, lemon juice, milk, flour, and vanilla extract together in a medium bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in egg; pour batter into the prepared muffin cups.
5 Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
6 Mix sour cream with sugar and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Top each cake with a small dollop of the mixture and continue baking until topping is set, about 10 minutes more.
7 Allow the cheesecakes to cool completely at room temperature before removing from the tin, at least 1 hour. Refrigerate.