In celebration of the first nap my son has had in 3 days
...and for my poor husband who has been through the wringer a bit lately.
I made these:
They may not look pretty, but holy hell are they good.
I made them up on the fly and have rarely been so please with myself. Maybe not since the time I made homemade macaroni and cheese with 3 different cheeses and cheese filled tortellini.
I started with your classic cheesecrack crust: graham crackers crumbs, butter and sugar, and pressed it into a dozen muffin tins lined with paper.
And then, oh lord, this is where it got really good, in a moment of genius I melted some white chocolate and poured a dollop into the center of each crust:
For the batter, again a very basic cheesecake recipe: cream cheese, eggs & sugar, to which I added a puree of raspberries made with a bit of sugar, lemon juice and almond extract.
After pouring the batter on top of the crust and, ahem, white chocolate, I baked them for about 15 minutes.
(There is probably even a magic way to turn them gluten free ala Ms Melanie, but you'd have to make your own graham crackers. Which she can do. Because she's got fancy flours. A lot of fancy flours.)
Really, I mean GOD these things were good enough to make my son remember every bit of etiquette that we've ever drilled into his head.
I made these:
They may not look pretty, but holy hell are they good.
I made them up on the fly and have rarely been so please with myself. Maybe not since the time I made homemade macaroni and cheese with 3 different cheeses and cheese filled tortellini.
I started with your classic cheesecrack crust: graham crackers crumbs, butter and sugar, and pressed it into a dozen muffin tins lined with paper.
And then, oh lord, this is where it got really good, in a moment of genius I melted some white chocolate and poured a dollop into the center of each crust:
For the batter, again a very basic cheesecake recipe: cream cheese, eggs & sugar, to which I added a puree of raspberries made with a bit of sugar, lemon juice and almond extract.
After pouring the batter on top of the crust and, ahem, white chocolate, I baked them for about 15 minutes.
(There is probably even a magic way to turn them gluten free ala Ms Melanie, but you'd have to make your own graham crackers. Which she can do. Because she's got fancy flours. A lot of fancy flours.)
Really, I mean GOD these things were good enough to make my son remember every bit of etiquette that we've ever drilled into his head.
posted by Martha Marin at
8:51 PM
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