Mini Coffee Cheesecakes

Ingredients
The Crust
- 12 Oreo cookies (not double stuffed)
- 4 tsp Butter, melted
The Cheesecake
- 12 oz Cream Cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup white Sugar
- 2 TBSP Coffee Syrup (found near other coffee syrups)
- 2 TBSP Flour
- 2 Eggs
The �Hazelnut Grounds�
- 6 Oreo cookies
- 2 TBSP Hazelnut Syrup
- Serves: 12
Directions
- Preheat oven to 300F.
- In a food processor, chop up 12 of your Oreos until their are no large chunks remaining.
- Pulse in the melted butter.
- In a lined muffin tin, place a spoonful of the cookie crumb mixture evenly in all 12 liners.
- Use the back of a spoon or your fingers and press down the cookie crumbs and out to the side a bit to make the crust and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until it is smooth.
- Mix in the coffee syrup, sugar and flour.
- Add in the eggs.
- Fill the muffin tins to about 1/4 inch from the top.
- Bake in oven for 15-18 minutes until they are firm, but still a little jiggly in the center if you shake them.
- Let them cool fully then place them in the fridge for 4 hours or overnight.
- When you are ready to serve them, pulse your remaining 6 Oreos in your food processor.
- Pulse in your hazelnut syrup.
- Spoon a heaping teaspoon on top of each mini cheesecake and enjoy!
Original source: bbalacarte.com