Lemon Cheesecake Mini Pies
What do u do… when you love everything LEMONY and you have a lemon tree at your BACKYARD?… this is my excuse to make these ” Lemon Cheesecake cutiePies 😉 ” .
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This recipe is adapted from ‘Chocolatechocolateandmore.com’s Lemon cheese bars’ with some variations from my side. This recipe was 100% perfect. If you ask me, how good it was !… ‘ The very first bite just took me to the heaven 😀 ‘ haha…now it’s your turn to have a heavenly-bite !!
Lemon Cheesecake Mini Pies
(Makes 6 mini pies)
Ingredients:
1 cup All purpose flour / plain flour / standard flour
1/2 cup Walnuts (or Pecans) – crushed
1 1/4 cup Confectioner’s sugar / icing sugar (1/2 cup for crumbs & 3/4 cup for creaming)
100 gms butter (softened)
250 gms / 8 ounce cream cheese (softened)
2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 lemon zest
1 egg
Method:
Step 2) I used 6 mini pie dish lined with parchment paper for baking these cutie-pies.
( note: for one big pie, use 8*8 round pan or a pie dish )
Step 4) Into a bowl add the flour, crushed walnuts, 1/2 cup of icing sugar and stir. To this add the grated softened butter and crumb using your fingers.. ( takes 2 – 3 minutes and looks like a coarse-crumbed-flour-mix towards the end )
Step 5) Take a small amount of crumbed flour and gently shape into a ball. Place on the pie dish lined with parchment, gently press and seal the bottom and slightly over the edges to look like a crust…
(note: apply medium-pressure while pressing the crust to seal the bottom to prevent cracked appearance on the crust)
Step 6) Bake for 10 -12 minutes or until the edges turn light golden brown..
Step 7) Meanwhile make the cheese filling…
- into a bowl, add 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 1 egg
- 250 gms cream cheese and whip until thick & creamy ( takes 2 – 3 minutes using a hand whip stick)
- to this add half lemon zest and mix with a spatula
Step 9) Bake again at 180 C / 350 F for 12 – 15 minutes until the top looks 90% golden.(note: place a hot-water-bath beneath the baking dish to get a nice golden top and to prevent the top from browning / burning…)
Step 10) Once the top looks beautifully golden, take out and let it sit for 10 minutes..
