A delectable sounding recipe for an Apple Pear Crumb cake arrived in my inbox today and I was pretty stoked to make it. Too bad my dinner plans went sour and it ended up being just myself, my husband and my son at the dinner table. With Christmas is just barely behind us along with all the junk food, Christmas baking and litre upon litre of Eggnog I wasn’t baking up something just for the three of us.

As it turns out, I still had a dozen baked tart shells that needed filling. Let’s see, I also had half a container of Cool Whip topping leftover from when I made Sex in a Pan. Half a thing of Cream Cheese. Just made a big batch of Applesauce….Surely there had to be something I could do with those ingredients? Voila, Mini Apple Cheesecakes!

* When I make Applesauce it is simply apples, a bit of water to get them going and cinnamon. Oh, and sometimes I add a splash of vanilla if I remember  to add it!