Enjoy these bars made using Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix – perfect dessert to be served at Halloween.
Cherry Cheesecake Bars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 3 hr 30 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup cold butter
- 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, place cookie mix. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through mix in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the crumb mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture in bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool.
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Step2Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over partially baked crust. Spoon cherry pie filling evenly over cream cheese layer.
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Step3In small bowl, mix reserved 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture and the almonds. Sprinkle over pie filling.
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Step4Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
235
Calories
12g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
29g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 235
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 169mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 29g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1/2g
- 0%
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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