Individual Maple Cheesecakes

Ingredients

• 7 maple cream sandwich cookies (such as Trader Joe’s Maple Leaf Cookies)
• 2 tsp unsweetened applesauce
• 8 oz neufchatel (1/3-less-fat) cream cheese, at room temperature
• 3 Tbsp pure maple syrup (or 4 Tbsp for a sweeter cheesecake filling)
• 1/4 tsp pure maple extract
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt, (fat free or 2%), at room temperature
• pinch of salt