Strawberries And Cream Cheesecake Tarts

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 19 1/4 ounces strawberry cake mix
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 12 strawberries, fresh

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f (if using dark colored muffin tins, reduce the oven temperature to 325°f -- to prevent over baking the tarts).
• 2 place 2 1/2" foil liners in 24 muffin cups.
• 3 for crust:.
• 4 combine cake mix and melted butter in large bowl.
• 5 beat at low speed with electric mixer for 1 minute.
• 6 divide mixture evenly in muffin cups.
• 7 level, but do not press.
• 8 for filling:.
• 9 combine cream cheese, eggs, 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla extract in medium bowl,.
• 10 beat at medium speed with electric mixer until smooth.
• 11 spoon evenly into muffin cups.
• 12 bake at 350°f for 20 minutes or until mixture is set.
• 13 for topping:.
• 14 combine sour cream and 1/4 cup sugar in small bowl.
• 15 spoon evenly over cheesecakes. return to oven.
• 16 bake for 5 minutes longer.
• 17 cool completely.
• 18 garnish each cheesecake with strawberry half.
• 19 refrigerate until ready to serve.