Churro Cheesecake Bars

Name: Churro Cheesecake Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 (8 ounce) cans Pillsbury Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls; 2 (8 ounce) packages Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon; 1/2 cup sugar

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Submitted by Evelyn L Jepson

"the taste of cheesecake without the lengthy wait."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 12

ingredients

2 (8 ounce) cans Pillsbury Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
2 (8 ounce) packages Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg, slightly beaten
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
¹⁄₂ cup sugar

directions

With a 13 x 9" baking pan, greased, open 1 can of the Pillsbury Cresent Dinner Rolls, and spread evenly on the bottom of the pan. Sealing the points where former rolls were. This forms the bottom crust.
In a mixer, beat cream cheese, vanilla and egg and 1/2 cup sugar on medium speed until well blended.
Spread cheese mixture evenly on the top of the crust.
Unroll the second Pillsbury Cresent Dinner Rolls package, put on a 13 x 9" wax paper, and press and seal the ends of the rolls.
Invert the dough to the top of the cheese, to form a top crust.
Bake at 350 F, for 30-35 minutes, or until golden brown.
Combine the last 1/2 cup sugar with the cinnamon, and sprinkle on top while still warm.
Serve.

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Reviews

I’m a cheesecake fanatic & thought this was really good. Before putting it in the ‘fridge, the cheesy part is nice & soft! After cooling, it’s thicker like a usual cheesecake. I would serve it room temperature or chilled. And while I have never had an actual churro, my girlfriend that I made it for, for her birthday, loved it & loves churros! As for the sugar/cinnamon topping, I never pay attention to the amount given; I keep some stored in a jar & just sprinkle it on sparingly as wanted/needed. Well...sparingly as long as the dog doesn’t nudge my elbow trying to get a sample of whatever I’m cooking...! ????????

Mickey S.
Horrible. Tastes nothing like churros nor cheesecake. Sorry I wasted my time trying this but the idea was appealing. Bottom line: don't bother - make real cheesecake instead.

leslie m.
I added some lemon juice and zest to the cream cheese mixture and less sugar on top tasted more like a cheese cake !

Anonymous
Pillsbury has NOTHING to do with churros YUK! I do like like the mash up idea, if you want quick at least buy real churros and then make this adjusting cinnamon and sugar.

Ms Foodie
This made WAY more cinnamon sugar for the top than I needed. Also the flavor was just "meh" to me. Might have been good with some strawberry jam in it or something.

DianaEatingRichly

Tweaks

The recipe from Pillsbury is called sopapilla cheesecake, has butter on top before the cinnamon/sugar, then baked. It definitely doesn't taste like churros, but does have 5 star reviews! Another variation is to brush the top with egg white, then put a glaze on when it is finished cooking. I make the first one with butter, but you can research it and find the other variation if it sounds better to you.

nancy.simpson
Instead of the crescent ROLLS, use the crescent roll SHEETS! Much easier!!

Mickey S.
Way too much sugar topping. I didn't use it all and still thought I had to much. Other than that it was great! I'm not a big cheese cake fan and it taste more like a cinnamon roll with fluffy cream than cheese cake

Courtney B.