• Bring cream to room temperature then preheat the oven to 350°. Line 24 regular size muffin cups with paper liners then place one Nilla Wafer cookie into the bottom of each cup and set aside.
• In a medium size bowl, beat the room temperature cream cheese, sugar, eggs, lemon zest and vanilla extract with an electric mixer until the mixture is smooth and creamy. 
• Divide the mixture evenly among the muffin cups and bake 18-20 minutes then remove from the oven and cool completely. Top with your favorites such as fresh or canned fruit - or see other suggestions in the body of this post.

How to tell when the cheesecakes are done:

• Gently shake the muffin tin. They should look like they’re almost set with only a small area in the middle of each that jiggles slightly. The center area will firm up during carry-over cooking while they’re cooling.