These are insanely easy to make and really please lots of people. Sadly they cannot be mailed, so my friends afar cannot enjoy them, but people in the office (once they got over their initial skepticism) have come to love these.

Mini cheesecakes
Crushed cookies (graham crackers, Oreo cookies or gingersnaps, whatever preferred)

Crush cookies. Mix crumbs with 2 or 3 tablespoons of melted butter. Press into small pans or cupcake pans. Bake for 5 minutes.

Filling:
2 8-ounce packages (approx 500g) cream cheese
3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix all ingredients together. Use the filling in the baked shells. Bake 15 mins at 175C.