Hey my foodies! How was your weekend?
Mine was an emotional roller-coaster, but I don’t want to go there right now – more on that on Wednesday!
I hope you enjoyed yours and are ready for some tasty stuff!
As always, it’s Tasty Tuesday Linkup time!
Don’t forget to check out other link up participants and there’s only one rule to the linkup – link back or grab the link up badge from the sidebar. Let’s spread the word so we can have more participants next week!
My tasty find this week – Cheesecake Cupcakes.
Do you love cheesecake? Is it hard to stop before you finish the whole piece once you have it on your plate? You bet it is (for me)! These cheesecake cupcakes are going to save your calorie budget 🙂 They are bite size, and I made some healthy substitutions to the ingredients on the original recipe (which was shared by a co-worker of mine). So here you go – paradise on earth – cheesecake cupcakes!
You will need (for 12 cupcakes):
For the crust:
1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup very ripe avocado (who needs butter when you have avocado?)
For the filling:
1 block Philadelphia cream cheese
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 can condensed milk
1/4 can evaporated milk
Strawberries and fresh mint leaves (to garnish), or
1 can of crushed pineapple and 1/4 cup condensed milk (to top)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350° F
Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners
Mix Graham cracker crumbs with avocado until well combined
Spoon the mixture into the cupcake liners (about 2 tsp per liner), and press down with the spoon to make crust:
Bake crust for 10 minutes at 350°F.
While the crust is in the oven, prep the filling by combining all the ingredients for the filling and mixing until smooth and creamy.
Pour filling into the cups over the prebaked crusts when they are ready. Normally you’d fill the cups until they are 2/3 full (for regular cupcakes). However, cheesecake normally rises pretty well, but falls back when you take it out of the oven. So, I filled mine almost all the way to the top:
Bake for 25 minutes at 350°F.
They should look like this when they’re done and just out of the oven (cracked on top).
Slice the strawberries, and put on top of the cupcakes while they’re still hot, garnish with fresh mint leaves if you like. Another tipping idea: mix crashed pineapple and some condensed milk and spread on top:
Refrigerate for at least a couple hours before serving.
Enjoy!
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Yummm! These look so good! I love cheesecake. It’s so not paleo so I’ve been avoiding, but oh man, you just gave me such a craving!
Yuliya recently posted…Montessori practical life ideas
Sorry 🙂 You can probably modify the recipe to be paleo?
No apology necessary. I stash tasty recipes for a cheat day. If I add it to my son’s birthday party menu (in September), then I can justify baking these about 10 times before then , right? I mean, I have to make sure I can get it just right for all the kiddos 😉
Yuliya recently posted…What I Ate Wednesday [on Tuesday]
Good point! You gotta make sure the kids get the best of the best 🙂 🙂 🙂
I remember when I used to POUND cream cheese! Awww man, so so so good – lol!
GiGi Eats recently posted…Poppin’ Tarts In The Kitchen
Sorry, dear, not a good one for you again this week 🙂
I do love cheese but cheesecake not so much. These do look good though perfect for a Sunday Brunch
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…How to stay Fit & Happy while on vacation
Ok, yep. I’ m definitely making these. Anything in cupcake tins are automatically awesome anyway.
Farin recently posted…And one year later….. I’m Hitting Reset
So true, Farin! 🙂 Glad you liked the recipe 🙂
These sound so yummy! Can you taste the avocado at all? I’ve never even thought of that replacement!
Kristen recently posted…Race Recap: Her Tern Half Marathon
Kristen, if you mix it in well and there are no chunks, you can’t taste it at all! It acts like butter (sub 1:1) and so much better for you!
Thank you! That has been great and so easy to make.
Peter recently posted…Kancelaria notarialna w Katowicach Piotrowicach
Ooooh, how clever! I love cheesecake and these look practically healthy!
Thanks for linking up to #recipeoftheweek – sorry I’m a bit late over! Have Pinned this post and scheduled in a tweet. New linky just went live for this week 🙂 x
Emily @amummytoo recently posted…Garlic romance + #recipeoftheweek Aug 2-8
Thank you, Emily!