Caramel Cheesecake Bites

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 19 ounces cream cheese
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 crush your slivered almonds.
• 3 in a mixing bowl whisk together the almond flour, almonds, baking soda, salt, sugar and cinnamon. add the butter and combine with a spoon.
• 4 line a muffin tin with liners. push the almond mixture into the bottom of the liners.
• 5 bake for 10 minutes to set.
• 6 turn oven down to 300°.
• 7 meanwhile,in a mixing bowl, add cream cheese, vanilla, sugar and eggs. beat until light and fluffy.
• 8 spoon mixture into the muffin tins with prepared almond crust.
• 9 bake for 40 minutes.
• 10 while cakes are cooking, start on the caramel.
• 11 combine granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons water in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until sugar dissolves, stirring gently for 3 minutes.
• 12 stop stirring and continue cooking 10 minutes or until the color of light brown sugar. remove from heat; carefully stir in butter and milk. place pan over medium-high heat until caramelized sugar melts. bring to a boil; cook 1 minute.
• 13 remove pan from heat; cool caramel to room temperature. cover and chill 1 hour or until slightly thickened.
• 14 take cheesecakes out of the oven when they are done. once cool, the middle will slightly fall and this is the perfect indent for the caramel.
• 15 spoon about 1 tablespoon caramel over each cheesecake.