
How To Make Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes with Caramel Sauce
A satisfying spiced pumpkin flavor will surprise with these rich mini pumpkin cheesecakes, flaked with Maldon salted caramel sauce and pecans!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Crust:
- ¾cupgraham crackers,(about 14 full sheets), finely crushed
- 2tbspgranulated sugar
- 6tbspsalted butter,melted
For Filling:
- 1cuplight-brown sugar,packed
- 6tbspgranulated sugar
- 3tbspall-purpose flour
- 1½tspground cinnamon
- ½tspground nutmeg
- ½tspground ginger
- â…›tspground cloves
- 24ozcream cheese,(2 packages), well softened
- 4large eggs
- 1½cupspumpkin puree,canned
- 1tspvanilla extract
- ¼cupheavy cream
- caramel sauce
- sea salt,flaked, such as Maldon
- pecans,chopped, or lightly sweetened whipped cream, optional
Instructions
Crust:
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together the crushed graham crackers with 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar. Pour in the melted butter, then stir the mixture until evenly coated.
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Divide the graham cracker mixture among 24 paper-lined muffin cups, adding about a heaping tablespoon to each. Firmly press the mixture into an even layer.
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Bake in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Filling:
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In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves until no clumps of sugar remain.
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Add the cream cheese to a large mixing bowl, pour the sugar mixture over the cream cheese, and using an electric hand mixer set on low speed, blend together for about 30 seconds until smooth.Â
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Mix in the eggs one at a time. Blend in the pumpkin and vanilla, then mix in the heavy cream. Tap the bowl forcefully against the countertop to release some of the excess air bubbles about 30 times.
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Divide the mixture over graham cracker crust in muffin liners, adding about ¼ cup to each cup and filling nearly full.Â
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Bake in the oven for about 20 to 25 minutes until nearly set.Â
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Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack at room temperature for 30 minutes. Then, transfer to refrigerator and chill for 3 hours until set.Â
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Top with caramel sauce, a pinch of sea salt, then add pecans or whipped cream. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 203.31kcal
- Fat:Â 14.65g
- Saturated Fat:Â 8.20g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 3.83g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.86g
- Carbohydrates:Â 15.61g
- Fiber:Â 0.66g
- Sugar:Â 12.22g
- Protein:Â 3.27g
- Cholesterol:Â 73.21mg
- Sodium:Â 168.05mg
- Calcium:Â 47.97mg
- Potassium:Â 100.23mg
- Iron:Â 0.68mg
- Vitamin A: 270.72µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.67mg
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