Crustless Keto Mini Cheesecakes
Ingredients
- 2 8 oz bricks Cream cheese, room temp
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 tsp guar gum
- 3/4 cup sweetener ( allulose is always best )
- 3 eggs room temp, large
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest (packed) or 1/4 tsp lemon extract
- 1 tsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Boil a kettle of water for the bain marie.
- Break the eggs into a separate bowl, amaze your friends and family with the eggshell hack if you know what that is.
- Mix the cream cheese on medium-low speed until smooth, approximately 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and mixfor another minute.
- Add the sour cream, guar gum, and sweetener, mix on medium-low for 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides, and mix another 15 seconds. The mixture should be lighter in colour, and very creamy.
- Let the batter sit for 2 minutes.
- Mixing at low speed, add 1 egg at a time until fully incorporated before adding the next egg.
- Add the remaining ingredients, mix at low speed until incorporated.
- You do not want to whip the eggs. The goal is to have a creamy, but very dense batter with no air bubbles.
- Slowly pour the batter into greased rammekins, No more than 3/4 full.
- Place rammekins in a casserole dish, then carefully pour boiling water so it reaches halfway up the side of the rammekins.
- Bake for 30-50 minutes, until the middles barely jiggle, or a thermometer in the middle shows 145F.
- Turn off the oven, prop the oven door open an inch, and let it cool completely, approximately 1 hour.
Notes
Baked cheesecakes are not usually a same-day kind of dessert, but since these are small, you can get away with it.
Top with your favourite stuff, or just enjoy a few bites of decadence as they are.
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