Prize-Winning Recipe 2008! Sugar cookie mix makes the base of a creamy cheesecake bar with a baked-in cherry filling.
Almond Streusel-Cherry Cheesecake Bars
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 4 hr 0 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Cookie Base and Topping
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/4 cup cold butter or margarine
- 4 oz (half of 8-oz package) cream cheese
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
Filling
- 2 1/2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese (20 oz), softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. Place cookie mix in large bowl. Cut in butter and 4 oz cream cheese, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture is crumbly. Reserve 1 1/2 cups mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture in bottom of pan. Bake 12 minutes.
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Step2Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat 20 oz cream cheese, the sugar, flour, almond extract and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
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Step3Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over partially baked cookie base. Spoon pie filling evenly over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with reserved topping and almonds.
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Step4Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
270
Calories
15g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
28g
Total Carbohydrate
20g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 270
- Calories from Fat
- 140
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 23%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 40%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 55mg
- 18%
- Sodium
- 160mg
- 7%
- Potassium
- 100mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 28g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 20g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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