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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Cheesecake In A Jar

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 6
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed (see note)
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 250 g cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven to 350.
  • 2 in a small bowl, mix crumbs, butter and brown sugar until well combined. divide evenly among 6 - 250 ml wide mouth mason jars. press down into even layer in bottom of jar, but pat gently or the graham cracker crumb will become compacted and you will need a sledge hammer to get the crust out! place jars on baking sheet. bake 10 minutes. remove from oven and cool completely. (this can be done a day in a advance).
  • 3 in a mixer, whip the cream to soft peaks. transfer to bowl. cover and chill.
  • 4 mix cream cheese and icing sugar in a bowl. beat on medium speed until smooth. remove bowl from mixer.
  • 5 fold in whipped cream in 3 stages until combined. divide mixture evenly among jars. smooth out tops with spoon, cover jars with the snap lids or plastic wrap,.
  • 6 refrigerate up to three days.
  • 7 top cheesecake with fresh berries and serve.
  • 8 note: the recipe started off with 4 t brown sugar, which i found on the little sweet side. use the full amount if desired.
  • 9 i used my stick blender to whip up the whipping cream quite successfully, so cutting down on the amount of dishes used.

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