Cream Cheese Tarts (Paula Deen)

From: Baby Chevelle

On Jun 4, 2008

Found this recipe in TOH years ago and have been making them every since. My family and friends love these. I used to make them for my kids on George Washington's Birthday with Cherry Pie Filling for fun.

From: marisk

On Jun 3, 2008

I made these last night for our office Christmas party. Very easy to make. I made with a whisk as I don't have a mixer and they still turned out great. This is definitely a keeper. Thank you for sharing! I wanted to add that this was a hit at the Christmas party. One of the few dishes (and only dessert) with no leftovers. Some even went back for seconds! I kept those hearing Mmmmmmm when they put some in their mouth. THANK YOU! I just wanted to add that I make a batch without the vanilla wafer to make them gluten-free for my friend who can't have it. Note: I just wanted to add that my neighbor, who happens to bake a lot, suggested adding meringue to the mix to lighten it.

From: bluemoon downunder

On Sep 10, 2005

These look fabulous in the photograph, and they taste just as scrumptious as they look! Although Sharlene~W’s instructions couldn’t have been clearer, the photograph helped me enormously in having the confidence to proceed with this recipe. I wasn’t entirely sure what sort of wafers had been used but looking at the photograph enabled me to improvise an appropriate base for these tarts: crushed Granita biscuits mixed with melted butter, a popular base for cheesecakes in Australia. These were SO easy to make. I filled some with halved, pitted black cherries and some with raspberries (both from cans, as they’re not in season here). The contrast of colours looked great. Absolutely delicious: everyone just LOVED them, and clearly imagined that they had taken a lot longer to make than in fact they had! I’ll be making these again when berries are in season. Thanks, Sharlene~W, for another fabulous recipe!

From: Goochie137

On Apr 6, 2005

These little gems turned out great. I did get nervous because I shure could have gotten more then 12 mini cheesecakes. I think I "over beat" my cream cheese mixture. I kept adding more and more mixture to each cheesecake. As it turned out I did get 2 extra. These do puff up alot, almost like a soufle. I thought I blew the whole recipe, but everything turned out great. My store eve has mini nilla wafers I thought I might try those next and make some bite size next time. I saw Paula do these and I to had to try them.