Sunday, March 27, 2011

Finger Food Desserts

I am currently planning a function where the finger food desserts will be little cheesecake pops! They are delicious, small, appropriate and yummy! For those who like to DIY - go ahead and spoil yourselves ! xxx




Cheesecake Lollipops - YUMMY!!!

Assembling the lollipops is fun! Cover you lollipops in chocolate dip, coconut, chopped almonds, chopped pistachios, crumbled graham crackers, sprinkles, dots, confetti or anything else that strikes your fancy.

Ingredients:

1 batch cheesecake
1/2 pound chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons heavy cream
Lollipop sticks (if you can't find lollipop sticks, you can use straws or thick skewers)

Directions:

1. Cover the cheesecake in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for several hours to overnight.
2. Scoop 2 ounces of the cheesecake, form it into a ball and place it on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
3. Insert a lollipop stick into the cheesecake ball.
4. Freeze the cheesecake pops until very cold, about 2-3 hours to overnight.
5. Melt the chocolate into the butter and heavy cream over a double boiler and turn off the heat.
6. Dip the frozen cheesecake lollipops into the chocolate ganache and then into any decorations that you want and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
7. Refrigerator overnight.

For the cheesecake, use your favorite recipe or the one below:

Ingredients:

3- 8 ounce packages cream cheese (room temperature)
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons heavy cream

Directions:

1. Beat the cream cheese, sugar, flour, and salt in a large bowl until smooth.
2. Beat in the eggs and egg yolk one at a time.
3. Beat in the vanilla and cream.
4. Pour the batter into a greased 8x8 inch baking pan.
5. Bake in a preheated 325F oven until the cheesecake is slightly golden brown on top, about 45-55 minutes.
6. Let the cheesecake cool.


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