Valentine’s Mini Cheesecakes

Ingredients: 

12 reduced-fat vanilla wafers

2 packages (8 ounces) light cream cheese, softened

½ cup sugar

¼ cup sugar substitute (made from maltodextrin and sucralose)

3/4 cup egg substitute

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions: 

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Place a vanilla wafers in each of 12 muffin tins lined with muffin papers.
• 3. In a medium mixing bowl using an electric mixer combine cream cheese, sugars, egg substitute, vanilla and lemon juice until creamy.
• 4. Pour into each individual muffin tin.
• 5. Bake 15 minutes.
• 6. Cool and top with your favorite toppings (light cherry topping, strawberries, chocolate sauce, etc.)

Yield:  12 servings

Source:  Adapted recipe by Rachel Vincent, RD, LD and Karen Giles