Kat's Cheesecake Tarts

If you like cheesecake, you'll love these great homemade cheesecake tarts! They're easy to make and very tasty. Great for parties, or just as a treat for the kids or anyone!

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 836 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup milk
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 pound lard, chilled and cut into small pieces
• ¾ cup cold water
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• ⅓ cup margarine, melted
• ¼ cup margarine, melted
• ½ cup all-purpose flour, or more as needed
• ½ cup brown sugar, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Whisk 5 cups flour, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Cut lard into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk cold water, 1 egg, and vinegar together in a separate bowl. Make a well in the center of flour-lard mixture. Pour egg mixture into well and mix until dough forms.

Step 3

Divide dough into fourths; wrap 3/4 of the dough in plastic wrap. Form the remaining 1/4 of the dough into 12 balls and flatten each ball into a disc. Press each disc into the bottom and up the sides of a muffin cup.

Step 4

Beat cream cheese and white sugar together in a bowl until smooth. Add 1/3 cup melted margarine, milk, 2 eggs, and vanilla extract to cream cheese mixture; beat until smooth. Pour cream cheese mixture into prepared muffin cups.

Step 5

Mix 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/4 cup melted margarine together in a bowl with a fork until crumbly, adding more flour and brown sugar as necessary until crumb topping has desired consistency. Sprinkle topping over each muffin cup.

Step 6

Bake in preheated oven until filling is set, 12 to 15 minutes.