Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes
Mini Pumpin Cheesecake
Day 24 of 31 days of pumpkin and we come to a fun, easy video recipe provided by the Karo Company, the corn syrup makers. The clever trick here is baking the cheesecakes in muffin tins lined with paper and lined with gingersnap cookies. Mini-crusts for mini cheesecakes. Genius.
I feel guilty using corn syrup since I read Michael Pollan’s books, but I wasn’t sure how to substitute my way out of it here. If you have an idea, please share it in the comments section. In the end, I figured one recipe a year can’t be all that bad. Right?
Line the muffin papers with gingersnaps
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes
Adapted from the Karo® Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Video
Yields 18
Ingredients
18 paper cupcake liners
18 gingersnap cookies
12 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
2 large eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup canned, puréed pumpkin
1/3 cup light corn syrup
Method
1. Line 18 muffin wells with papers. Place one gingersnap cookie, flat side down, into the bottom of each well. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 325˚F.
3. Beat cream cheese, sugar, corn starch and pumpkin pie spice with an electric mixer. Add eggs and mix well. Add pumpkin and corn syrup; beat 1 minute.
4. Pour filling into liners, dividing evenly. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until just set.
5. Chill for 1 hour. Garnish as desired. (I used whipped cream).
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake
Tags: cheesecake, corn syrup, karo, mini, pumpkin, video
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October 24th, 2009 at 3:12 am
I don’t always have time to comment but I had to step in here. These look amazing!! Might make it onto my menu for Hallowe’en!!!
October 24th, 2009 at 6:43 am
These look fantastic! What a great idea for a Halloween party and I really like the festive cupcake wrappers! Would love to know where you get them.
Lovely site u have here….I’ll be back!
Cheers,
Sandy
October 24th, 2009 at 11:08 am
these little sweet cups look so pretty! I bet they are delicious too!
love your muffin liners.
October 24th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
It looks like they might be pretty quick to put together too. They look good. How did you get that dolop of whipped cream so perfect on each one?
October 24th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Sandy and lululu: I got the wrappers at Crate & Barrel.
Cynthia: I practiced the dollop a few times first.
Amy
October 26th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Simply gorgeous thanks for posting
October 26th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Sooooooooo cute!
October 26th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
For this recipe, using 1/3 cup honey would have been an equal substitute. It becomes more touchy if attempting to make candy since the corn syrup is used to prevent crystalization, but there are still several substitutes that can be used. The minicheesecakes look wonderful!
November 8th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
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