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Cranberry Cheesecake Dessert / Benjamin Franklin Day

This was made inspired by Benjamin Franklin Day, a Founding Father & polymath, -- cranberries were one of his favorite foods!
https://foodprint.org/real-food/cranberries/
https://www.history.com/news/11-surprising-facts-about-benjamin-franklin
This is inspired by a beautiful dessert from theendlessmeal.com I saw on Pinterest, but I made it with things I had in the kitchen.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/778348748097630497/
https://www.theendlessmeal.com/white-chocolate-mini-cheesecakes/

This is a post from last year and an example of one of the things I made.
https://www.wearegoodatthis.com/post/happy-jan-17-benjamin-franklin-day

What I used:
- Biscoff cookies
- Cranberry filling
- ~16 oz. of cranberries
- 3/4 cup of sugar (you can use 1/2 cup to 1 cup depending on how tart or sweet you would like your mixture)
- 1/2 cup of water
- 2 sheets of gelatin (not shown)
- Jell-O No Bake cheesecake
- evaporated milk (I didn't have regular milk) It was handy to use evaporated milk since it is shelf-stable.
I like Biscoff because they taste good and they also remind me of flying because they used to give them out on flights. :) Anyways, I thought it would be a nice twist to use it for "crust" or crunch element.
I tore 2 cookies into pieces purposely made them big chunks in the bottom of each glass -- instead of crumbs.
Then I put almost an entire package of cranberries, sugar, 1/2 cup of water and 2 sheets of gelatin on low-medium to medium.
** I saved a few cranberries for the end for the sugared cranberries on top.
Once the cranberry mixture cooled down, I added it to the cups and then I put it in the fridge to set while I made the no bake hceesecake.
I made the no bake cheesecake mixture with the evaporated milk and then I added it to cups with cranberries + cookie crust.

Then I put it in the fridge to set. Let them set for at least 2 hours. :)
Meanwhile I put some of the cranberries I saved in some water and sugar for the topping. I added another Biscoff cookies for some height.

