the easiest, most difficult cheesecake ever

You will need:

2 8oz cream cheese at room temp
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
box of Nilla Wafers
canned pie filling

This is the main reason why the difficulty level is so high--the cream cheese must be room temperature, or it will not come out correctly. In order to get room-temp cream cheese, you have to remember to leave it on the counter all day. (Or, you can cheat and put the cream cheese in the microwave--take the foil off first!!--or the toaster oven until it is soft.)

Preheat the oven to 350°. Line cupcake cups, and then put one Nilla Wafer, flat side down, in the bottom of each liner. This is the truly difficult part of the recipe--the cookies go in the liners, not in your mouth. Control yourself. Now put the box away.

Beat together the first four ingredients until it is smooth and creamy. If you have lumps in your batter, that is either because you used cream cheese that is too cold, or you used Wawa brand cream cheese. Avoid both problems if you can. Don't throw it away, though. It will still be yummy.

Using teaspoons, drop the batter into the cupcake pans, about one overloaded teaspoon's worth per cake. It should give you exactly two dozen little cheesecakes. If your proportions come out wrong, try redistributing it.

Bake for twelve minutes. They are done when you jostle the pan and they don't shiver. You do not want these to crack, so don't worry about getting a golden hue. They should be very pale, but solid. Let them cool in the pans. Refrigerate until consumption.

Enjoy them au naturale, or top with your favorite pie filling. Cherry and blueberry are always favorites, but you may certainly feel free to pick your own flavors. Or, you can be a complete overachiever and make your own topping from scratch.

Moms, these are great for little cooks to help out with! You will also notice that the proportions are easy to manipulate. You can halve it, double it, quadruple it, whatever you like, with very minimal brain activity. Your crowd is going to love them, so make more than you think you will need.