CHIPS AHOY! Apple Crisp Mini Cheesecakes

Name: CHIPS AHOY! Apple Crisp Mini Cheesecakes
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 320 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 30 CHIPS AHOY! Cookies, divided; 3 pkg. brick cream cheese, softened; ¾ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup sour cream; 3 eggs; 2¼ cups apples (See Tip.); 2 Tbsp. butter, melted; 1 Tbsp. brown sugar; 1 Tbsp. lemon juice; 1 tsp. ground cinnamon; ¼ cup caramel sauce

A chocolate chip cookie crust and a caramel apple and cookie topping makes these mini homemade cheesecakes one of our favorite dessert ideas.

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Servings:

Makes 24 servings.

Ingredient list

30 CHIPS AHOY! Cookies, divided
3 pkg. (8 oz. each) brick cream cheese, softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup sour cream
3 eggs
2¼ cups chopped baking apples (See Tip.)
2 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ cup caramel sauce

Directions

Heat oven to 325ºF.

Place 1 cookie in each of 24 paper-lined muffin pan cups. Reserve remaining cookies for later use.

Beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended.

Spoon cream cheese mixture over cookies in muffin cups.

Bake 12 min. (Cheesecakes will not be done.)

Meanwhile, chop remaining cookies; place in large bowl. Add apples, butter, brown sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon; mix lightly.

Spoon apple mixture carefully over cheesecakes. Bake additional 20 min. or until done. Cool completely.

Refrigerate cheesecakes 4 hours. Drizzle with caramel sauce before serving.

Recipe Tips

Apple Varieties
Look for apples that are firm and well colored with smooth, blemish-free skins. Choose the variety that best suits your needs. All-purpose apples for both eating raw and cooking uses include Cortland, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Fuji, Gravenstein, Empire, Jonagold, McIntosh, Pippin, Spy and Winesap. Best snacking and salad apples are Gala, Golden Delicious and Red Delicious. When cooking, use Rhode Island Greening, Rome Beauty or York Imperial.
Variation
Prepare recipe using light sour cream and/or substituting Neufchatel cheese for the cream cheese.
Variation
Omit the caramel sauce. Sprinkle chilled cheesecakes lightly with powdered sugar just before serving.