Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

Hi there ! So, this is my first post. The name's Colette, as it says in my description. This is basically going to be a collection of all my recipes, concoctions, and goodies. To start off with, these are the cheesecake bites I made today. 

Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

Ingredients

Crust:

-3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

-2 tablespoons sugar

-1/4 stick of butter, melted

-Sliced strawberries

Filling:

-8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

-1/2 cup sugar

-1/8 cup all-purpose flour

-1/2 teaspoon  vanilla extract

-1 egg

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Fill a muffin pan with mini or regular cupcake liners.

Combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Mix it up in a bowl until it has a nice consistency and there are no lumps. Press the mixture into cupcake liners with a spoon. Make sure it's packed down pretty thick and nicely. Take one or two of the strawberry slices and put them on top of the graham crackers.

Beat the cream cheese with a mixture until it's nice and fluffy. Add your sugar, flour, and vanilla. Add the egg separately and keep mixing until everything is blended. Spoon the mixture over the crust and strawberries, covering the strawberries completely. Bake them for about 20 minutes, maybe longer. Take them out before you get cheesecake cracks though ! Let them before serving, and garnish with whatever you'd like. Mine have chocolate drizzles that I made and sliced strawberries.

Some variations for the middle: (in place of the strawberry)

-Peanut butter cups

-Hershey kisses

-Hazelnut spread (such as Nutella)

-Raspberries or blueberries

You can also use a Vanilla Wafer cookie for the crust, if you'd like.

I never ended up having one of these, but I had made them for my brother who was coming home after being gone a few weeks. He's a huge cheesecake fan, so I thought I would whip something up for him. He ended up really liking them, and so did the rest of my family. I'm quite proud of my chocolate garnishes. This was the first time making them and they were actually a lot easier than I thought they would be. But these little cheesecake bites turned out great. Enjoy!