Cheesecake Bars – Delicious layered bars with a sugar cookie crust, cheesecake filling, and a crumb topping. Perfect for cheesecake fans!

Cheesecake Bars

It’s Freaky Friday time again! This time, it is our yearly virtual cookies exchange and I am so excited to share this cheesecake bar recipe from Hostess at Heart with you guys! Freaky Friday is where a bunch of bloggers are all assigned different blogs and we make a recipe from their site to share! None of us know who is assigned to our site so it ends up a fun surprise and a great way to get to know each other and our sites better! It is organized by Michaela from An Affair from the Heart and it’s so fun!

So for this round, I was assigned Julie from Hostess at Heart! Julie is such a lovely person who has the cutest dog names Maci and she is always sharing incredible recipes that all look delicious! She has so many bread recipes that I am dying to make such as her festive cherry almond kugelhopf bread, cinnamon sugar soft pretzels, and sweet nut holiday bread wreath! Go check out her site, it’s a great one!

These cheesecake bars are so amazing! The bottom is a sugar cookie crust and then it is topped with cheesecake filling and crumb topping.  Really, it doesn’t get any better than that.  I picked this recipe because I love cheesecake and it sounded like a fun spin on it.  These cheesecake bars are perfect for dessert or on a cookie exchange tray!

Looking for more cheesecake recipes?

• Cookie Monster Cheesecake
• Vanilla Bean Cheesecake {Cheesecake Factory Copycat}
• Oreo Cheesecake
• Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes
• Cherry Cheesecake Dip

Cheesecake Bars

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Cheesecake Bars - Delicious layered bars with a sugar cookie crust, cheesecake filling, and a crumb topping. Perfect for cheesecake fans!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 16 ounces cream cheese
• 2 eggs
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter with brown sugar.  Add in walnuts and flour and mix until the dough comes together.
3. Transfer all but 1/2 cup to the bottom of a 9x13" pan and press it evenly on the bottom.  Bake for 12-15 minutes or until it has lightly browned.
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar and cream cheese until smooth.  Add in eggs, milk, lemon juice, and vanilla extract.  Beat until combined.
6. Spread cheesecake filling on top of the crust and sprinkle the crumb topping on top.  Bake for 25 minutes.
7. Cool before cutting the bars.

Take a Look at all of our Freaky Friday Virtual Cookie Exchange Recipes:

• An Affair from the Heart – White Chocolate Cherry Cookies
• Bowl Me Over –  Easy Shortbread Cookies with Confetti
• Hostess at Heart – Peanut Butter Pretzel Puppy Chow
• LeMoine Family Kitchen – White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies
• Life Currents – Chocolate Marshmallow Moonpies
• Lisa’s Dinnertime Dish – Peanut Butter Chocolate Dipped Cookie Dough Truffles
• Mildly Meandering –  Cheesecake Bars
• Plattertalk – German Pfeffernusse Cookies
• Seduction in the Kitchen – Chewy Chocolate M&M Cookies
• Take Two Tapas –  Turtle Wonton Kisses
• The Foodie Affair – Easy Cut Out Cookies
• West Via Midwest – Mini Eggnog Cakes with Praline Topping
• Who Needs a Cape? – Copy Cat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars

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