Description

This cheesecake with an almond crust and vanilla bean will make you, family and guests wanting more. Top it with chocolate sauce or a berry sauce.

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 cu. almond meal
• 1 cu. almond flour
• 1/4 cu. sugar
• 1/4 cu. butter, room temperature
• Filling:
• 16 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup.sugar
• 1 1/2 vanilla beans, scraped or 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• Top with magic chocolate sauce or a berry sauce

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
2. Combine crust ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat for a minute or two, until well-combined. Press into the bottom of your small 4" springform pans or cupcake liners. If you are making miniature cheesecake bites, drop about a teaspoon of the crust mixture in the bottom of each cupcake liner. Then press it flat. Avoid getting too much of the crust on the sides of the cupcake liners, or you won't have much room for the filling.
3. Bake the crusts for 10 minutes and then remove from the oven. Let cool before filling.