Cherry Cheese Cups

Cherry Cheese Cups

2 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened (3-8 oz pkg's)
3/4 cup sugar (1 1/4 + 1/8 cup)
2 eggs (3 eggs)
1 Tablespoon lemon juice (1 1/2 Tblsp's)
1 tsp. vanilla (1 1/2 tsp's.)
24 vanilla wafers (same)
1 can cherry pie filling (same)

Beat together all ingredients except wafers and filling. Place wafers in paper lined muffin pans. Fill 2/3 full of cheese mixture. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in a 375 degree oven. Spoon on cherry filling and refrigerate before serving.
Yield 24 cupcakes

I've noticed over the years that these don't make 24 like it says it should it seems like at one time it did but I think they don't make the vanilla wafers as big as they used to so it takes more filling to make it look right. So I do 1 1/2 recipes to make 24 and it's perfect. This is the original recipe and I'll put in red what I do to make 24 nicely filled cups! :)