Cheesecake Bites

Brighten up your entertaining menu with a platterful of make-ahead berry cheesecakes.
 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2     cups Kellogg's® Smart Start® Strong Heart Toasted Oat cereal (crushed to 2/3 cup)
• 2          tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 1/2     teaspoons sugar
• 1 1/2 8  ounce tubs light cream cheese or light cream cheese spread with strawberries, softened
• 1/2       cup sugar
• 1          tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1          teaspoon vanilla
• 1          teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1/4       cup refrigerated egg product or 1 egg
• 24        fresh raspberries
•            Currant jelly (optional)

   

  Directions:

  
  

  1.Combine KELLOGG'S SMART START STRONG HEART TOASTED OAT cereal with butter and 1-1/2 teaspoons sugar; press about 1 teaspoon in bottoms and up sides of twenty-four 1-3/4-inch muffin cups coated with cooking spray or lined with paper bake cups. Bake at 325 degrees F for 5 minutes. Set aside.

  2.In a medium mixing bowl beat cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add 1/2 cup sugar, flour, vanilla, and orange peel; beat until smooth. Add the egg product; beat on low speed just until combined. Divide evenly among the crusts in muffin cups.

  3.Bake at 325 degrees F for 15 to 17 minutes or until set and tops just begin to turn golden brown. Cool in cups on a wire rack 5 minutes. Remove cheesecakes from muffin cups. Cover; chill 4 to 24 hours. To serve, top cheesecakes with berries. Heat and stir jelly until smooth; drizzle atop cheesecakes (if desired).

   

  Source: Recipe.com