2 Bite Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Tarts

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Ingredients

  • 4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese

  • 1/3 cup pumpkin puree

  • 1/4 cup brown sugar

  • 1 large egg

  • 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

  • All-purpose flour, for dusting

  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed according to package instructions

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.  Coat a 24-cup mini muffin tin with cooking spray.

  2. Place cream cheese, pumpkin, brown sugar, egg, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla and salt in the bowl of a food processor; process until smooth.

  3. Lightly flour a work surface; roll puff pastry dough into a 10-by-15-inch rectangle. Cut the dough into 24 (2½-inch) squares using a knife or pizza wheel (you’ll end up with 4 rows of 6 squares each).

  4. Press a square of dough into each cup of the prepared muffin tin, making sure the dough goes completely up the sides. Divide the batter evenly among the cups, filling each about 3/4 full (1 scant tablespoon each). Bake until the dough is lightly browned and the filling is set, 15 to 20 minutes.

  5. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack until cool enough to handle, then remove the tarts from the pan to the rack. Let cool to room temperature. Serve at room temperature or chilled.