Cheesecake Bars With Brown Sugar Crust

Name: Cheesecake Bars With Brown Sugar Crust
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12 small bars, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter, softened; 1 cup flour; 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts; 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened; 1/4 cup white sugar; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons milk; 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice; cherry pie filling (optional); 1 egg

Submitted by Little Mommy

"These are a wonderful (and easy) way to satisfy a cheesecake craving. I like to spoon cherry pie filling over mine too! For more lemon flavor add some grated zest to the cream cheese mixture."

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Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 12 small bars
Serves:: 12

ingredients

¹⁄₃ cup butter, softened
1 cup flour
¹⁄₃ cup firmly packed brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup finely chopped walnuts
1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
¹⁄₄ cup white sugar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons lemon juice
cherry pie filling (optional)
1 egg

directions

Preheat oven to 350.
Cream together butter and brown sugar until smooth.
stir in flour, and walnuts to create a crumbly mixture.
reserve 1 cup crust mixture to use as topping and press the rest into bottom of an ungreased 8x8 baking dish. Bake for 9-11 minutes until browned.
cream together cream cheese and white sugar until smooth. Add the vanilla extract, milk, lemon juice and egg. Mix well and pour over baked crust.
Add crumb topping and bake for 23-27 minutes until golded brown on top.
Remove from oven and allow to cool. If desired to with cherry pie filling or other topping.

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Little Mommy

I am married and I have a 3 1/2 year old daughter and my little guy was born in December. I'm an office manager for a construction company and my husband does floor installation and trim carpentry. The kitchen is where my inner "domestic diva" comes out. Too bad it doesn't also come out in organizing... I tend to be busy during the week with friends, church functions and family so I usually have quickie meals, but on weekends (especially Sundays) I make more time consuming meals. My hobbies are (of course) cooking, reading, more cooking, and playing with my kids. My husband and I love to get together with couples from our church (many of them he grew up with!) and we play games, eat and have great times!

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