New Recipe of 2017 #7 - Mini Chocolate Pecan Cheesecakes

I got this recipe from My Baking Addiction. The cheesecakes are made in a standard muffin tin. It says to line the tins with metal baking cups. I used paper ones. They baked up fine, although I think I overbaked the crust just a little bit because my muffin tin was a dark metal. One thing to note is that the recipe only makes 12 cheesecakes. 

This recipe is OK. My favorite cheesecake recipe is still my Aunt Betty's. The ganache recipe she gives did not work for me. The ganache stayed in a liquid form despite spending several hours in the refrigerator. I dumped the whole thing back into the saucepan, heated it up, and poured the hot mixture over another 4 ounces of semisweet chocolate. Then, it finally got solid enough to put on the cheesecakes.

I spread the leftover ganache on Girl Scout Trefoil cookies and sprinkled pecans on top.