Cherry Cream Cheese Tarts

Cherry Cream Cheese Tarts

Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen

Ingredients:

2 - 8 oz packages of cream cheese, softened

1 cup of sugar

1 tsp of pure vanilla abstract

2 eggs

12 vanilla wafers

1 (21 oz) can of cherry pie filling, or other pie filling

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place a paper cupcake liner in each cup of a muffin pan. Beat cream cheese with a handheld electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar and vanilla beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Lay a vanilla wafer, flat side down, in each muffin cup. Spoon cream cheese mixture over the wafers. Bake for 20 minutes. Allow tarts to cool completely. Serve with cherry filling on top, or pie filling of your choice.

Yield: 12 tarts

Prep time: 15 minutes

Bake time: 20 minutes