Thursday, October 24, 2013

Mini Key Lime Cheesecakes

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One of my favorite desserts of all time is Key Lime Pie.  My second favorite dessert has got to be Cheesecake.  So I thought why not combine the two in a delicious Key Lime Cheesecake?

If you know anything about key limes you'll know that they are about 1/3 the size of regular limes.  You also get about 1/3 of the juice and since I didn't want to go on the hunt for key limes and I usually have a bunch of regular ones hanging around I'm just CALLING this key lime when it's actually just regular lime cheesecake.

These are one of the easiest cheesecakes to prepare.  I just adapted the recipe for my Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes to make these lime ones.  I'll probably do a bunch of variations in the near future so be prepared, lol.

Here's what you need:

Crust
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 Tbs. sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted

Filling
12 oz. reduced fat cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
juice of 3 limes
zest of 2 limes
1 Tbs. flour

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners and set aside.

In a bowl mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter until it resembles wet sand.
 
Divide evenly between the 12 liners (approximately 2 Tbs. each) and press down into the liner with the back of the tablespoon until it's packed into the liners.
 
Bake for 5 minutes. 
To make the filling beat the cream cheese until fluffy.  Add the sugar and mix well.
 
Add the egg and mix until completely combined.
Add the lime juice and zest and mix well. Sprinkle with the 1 Tablespoon flour and mix well.
 
Fill each liner as soon as they come out of the oven with the filling until full.  Bake for 22-24 minutes or until set and not jiggly.  They only raise a tiny bit while baking and go back down after they are cooled.
Cool a few minutes in the pan then move to a cooling rack for 1 hour then refrigerate until serving, at least 3 hours. 
Serve with fresh whipped cream.

Serves 12 

Enjoy!
Here's the handy printable - Key Lime Cheesecakes

8 comments:

  1. These little cheesecakes look very cute and super delicious
    It's kind of had getting lime here so I'm kind of jealous :)
    I'd loooooooooove to grab one and eat

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    1. Thanks Winnie! You could easily substitute any citrus and they would be delicious :)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Sunshine. I love key lime too :)

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  3. These look great and one of my husband's favorites - I must pin and make them soon!

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  5. This looks like a great recipe, but you forgot a couple of things in the directions...When does the flour need to be added to the batter? Also, how long do the cheesecakes need to bake? (sorry for the previous deleted message, I should have proofread before I posted it!) Thanks in advance for the info!

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    1. Amanda,
      Thanks so much for catching my mistake :) I've fixed the recipe and you can now print it out and make these delicious cheesecakes.

      Michelle

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