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57.  Cheesecake bites 

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Ingredients: 

-        7 ground graham crackers 

-        4 T melted butter 

-        ¼ cup flour to blind bake it if needed 

-        2 t brown sugar, less if less sweetened 

Cheesecake filling 

-        1 pound cream cheese at room temperature 

-        2 eggs at room temp 

-        ½ cup sour cream at room temp 

-        2 t vanilla extract 

-        ½ cup white sugar 

-        2 T cornstarch 

-        Pinch sea salt 

-        For the crackle caramel, 2 t of white sugar for each bite 

Directions: 

-        Take the graham crackers and crush them with a rolling pin in a Ziploc bag 

-        Within a bowl, mix the graham crackers, sea salt, brown sugar, and mix it with a fork. You can then mix in the rest of the ingredients until it becomes sticky, then take 1 T of each of the batter into the baking cups. Push the crumbs down to create an even layer 

-        Blind bind the bites by putting it in the oven at 325 for 25 minutes 

-        Meanwhile, you take all of the ingredients and start to push them into a mixing bowl. Make sure to beat all of this until it’s thoroughly mixed, starting with the cream cheese and then adding the rest. 

-        Pop any air bubbles by tapping the pans against the counter. You can burst the bubbles with a toothpick, repeating this a couple more times until you don’t see any more. 

-        Put some water at the bottom of IP, and then put the baking cups in trivet. Cook at high pressure for 7 minutes and then NPR.  

-        Let these cool and run your thumb against the rim of these cups to help them from not sticking 

-        Put it in the fridge and then let them cool for about 4-6 hours. 

-        Take the white sugar and melt the top with a culinary torch onto each bite to give a caramelized top to it. This is a very optional step and isn’t necessary.