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Individual Mini Cheesecakes

I thought this sounded like an interesting dessert idea for small families. For baking this recipe uses 8 ounce clean cans, which is an interesting way to re-cycle cans and is a great idea for earth day. This is a high altitude recipe - adjustments need to be made cooking at sea level in the oven temp and cooking time. overnight cooling time is not included in times. Recipe source: local newspaper

Steps

Place a fine sieve over a small saucepan and press the thawed raspberries and juices through it , extracting as much liquid as possible.
Stir in sugar.
Bring mixture to a boil over medium high heat , stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.
Boil liquid , stirring constantly , until mixture is reduced to 3 tablespoons.
Remove from heat and set aside , cooling completely.
Preheat oven to 325-degrees f.
Grease inside of cans with butter.
Place cans on parchment paper , tracing circles to fit inside cans.
Line bottom of cans with paper circles.
Place cans on cookie sheet and set aside.
Place the crushed cookies and sugar in a small bowl and mix with a fork.
Add melted butter to crumbs and stir with fork unil crumbs are moistened.
Spoon crumb mixture into cans , dividing evenly among the three cans , pressing down with fingers.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven but keep oven on.
Place cream cheese and sugar in mixing bowl and beat with electic mixer on medium speed fo.

Ingredients

frozen raspberries, sugar, butter, chocolate wafer, cream cheese, egg, egg yolk, water, whipping cream, vanilla, bittersweet chocolate, fresh raspberry