Cheesecake Cookie Cups

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (16 1/2 ounce) package refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough (can sub sugar cookie dough or homemade)
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling (can sub stawberry or flavor of choice or skip altogether)
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees. paper-line 24 muffin cups. divide dough and place one piece of cookie dough in each muffin cup.
• 2 bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cookie has spread to edge of cup.
• 3 beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, egg and vanilla extract in a medium bowl until smooth. pour about 3 tablespoons cream cheese mixture over each cookie in cup.
• 4 bake for additional 15 to 18 minutes, or until set. cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• 5 if desired, stir into pie filling the 1/4 teaspoon almond extract. top cups with pie filling. refrigerate for 1 hour and even better if refrigerated overnight.