Cream Cheese Tarts

Miniature tarts with a vanilla wafer for the crust, an easy cream cheese filling and cherry topping.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 vanilla wafers
1 (21-ounce) can cherry pie filling

Cooking Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a muffin tin with cupcake wrappers; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl beat together cream cheese, sugar, eggs, lemon juice and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth.
3. In the bottom of each muffin tin, place one cookie, flat side up. Fill about three-fourths full of cream cheese mixture. Divide cherry pie filling among the tarts.
4. Bake for 15 minutes to set. Cool before removing from tins.

Makes 12 tartlets.