Nature Valley® protein granola makes a wonderful crust for these easy cheesecake bars.
Cranberry Almond Cheesecake Squares
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 3 hr 25 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups Nature Valley™ cranberry almond protein granola
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Cheesecake Filling
- 12 oz reduced fat cream cheese
- 1/2 cup plain 2% Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 eggs
Cranberry Layer
- 3/4 cup canned jellied cranberry sauce
Topping
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In food processor, place granola. Cover; process, using quick on-and-off motions, until finely ground. Place in small bowl. Stir in 3 tablespoons sugar and the melted butter until well combined. Press mixture in bottom of ungreased 9-inch square pan. Bake 8 minutes.
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Step2Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese, yogurt, sugar, flour, almond extract and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
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Step3Carefully spread Cheesecake Filling on top of crust. Drop Cranberry Layer by spoonfulls on top of Cheesecake Filling. Top with almonds.
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Step4Bake 40 minutes or until lightly browned around edges and center is set. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled.
Nutrition
110
Calories
5g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
13g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 40mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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