Mini Lime Cheesecakes

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups gingersnap crumbs
• 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups cold milk
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) cheesecake flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon lime zest
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine gingersnap crumbs, brown sugar, and butter.
• 3 press in bottoms and up sides of a 12-cup miniature cheesecake pan.
• 4 bake for 10 minutes.
• 5 cook completely.
• 6 in a medium bowl, combine milk and pudding mix.
• 7 beat at medium speed w/an electric mixer for 2 minutes, or until thickened.
• 8 in a small bowl, combine cream cheese and confectioners' sugar.
• 9 beat at low speed w/an electric mixer until smooth.
• 10 beat in zest, juice, and vanilla.
• 11 add cream cheese mixture to pudding mixture, and beat at medium speed until smooth.
• 12 spoon mixture evenly into prepared crusts.
• 13 cover and freeze for at least 8 hours.
• 14 place cheesecakes in refrigerator 30 minutes before serving.