Mini Rainbow Cheesecakes
Mini Rainbow Cheesecakes just in time for St. Patrick's Day! These are so colorful and so much fun to make!
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 4 Tbsp melted butter, melted
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
Cheesecake
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- food colouring or gel
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325˚F. Line a muffin pan with paper liners and set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together the crust ingredients until fully combined. Divide the crust ingredients evenly into the bottom of the lined muffin tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 5-6 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, beat together the cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment until smooth. Add in the egg, vanilla and applesauce, and mix until fully combined.
- Divide the cheesecake batter into 6 small bowls. Add in food coloring to each bowl to make red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
- Scoop the cheesecake batter evenly into the prepared muffin pans in the order purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
- Return to the oven, and bake at 325˚F for 25-30 minutes, or until cooked through. Place in the refrigerator until cooled.