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Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Bars |
Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Bars
Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Bars - a scrumptious mix of chocolate shortbread crumble, creamy vanilla cheesecake and juicy cherries. Throw on a little chocolate drizzle too if you like.
Cook time: Aproximately 60 minutes
Total time: About 1 1/2 hours
Yield: About 3 dozen cookie bars.
Ingredients
- 3 cup flour
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cup cold butter
- FOR THE CHEESECAKE FILLING
- 2 cup (1 pound) cream cheese
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/3 cups fresh or frozen cherries, quartered
- FOR THE CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE (Optional)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp whipping cream
- In a food processor, pulse together the flour, brown sugar, cocoa and butter until crumbly (or simply cut the butter through the flour,cocoa and sugar with a pastry knife or two butter knives held between your fingers)
- Save a 1 cup of this crumble mixture to sprinkle over the top later.
- Press the rest of the crumble mixture into the bottom of a greased or parchment lined 9x13 inch rectangular baking pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes while preparing the cheesecake filling.
- Beat together the cream cheese, white sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Beat in the egg.
- Spread the cheesecake mixture evenly onto the pre-baked cookie base.
- Sprinkle the chopped cherries evenly over the cheesecake batter.
- Press together the the reserved cookie crumble in your fist, break off small pieces and sprinkle over the surface.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes or until the cheesecake is set at the center.
- Let cool completely in the pan before cutting and serving.
- You can drizzle the squares with chocolate too id f you like. Just melt together the chocolate chips and whipping cream in a double boiler. Spoon into a piping bag (or Ziploc bag with the corner snipped off) and drizzle a thin stream over each cookie bar.
- Refrigerate in airtight containers. Freezes well too.
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