Strawberry
Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients
Crust
½ cup sugar
½ cup butter, softened
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
Filling
1 package (8oz) cream cheese, softened
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon almond extract
1 egg
Topping
4 tablespoons strawberry jam
Method
1.
Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9 – inch square pan with cooking
spray. In large bowl, mix ½ cup sugar
and the butter until well blended. Stir
in flour until crumbly. Press mixture in
bottom of pan.
2.
Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until edges are
light golden brown. Meanwhile, in large
bowl with electric mixer beat filling ingredients until well blended.
3.
Remove partially baked crust from
oven. Pour filling over crust. In small bowl, stir 2 tablespoons of the jam
until softened. Spoon over cream cheese
mixture. With tip of spoon, carefully
swirl jam into top of filling (do not disturb crust).
4.
Return to oven, bake 15 to 20 minutes
longer or until filling is set. Cool 30
minutes .
5.
Stir remaining 2 tablespoons jam until
smooth; spread evenly over cooled bars.
Refrigerate 30 minutes. Cut into
5 rows by 5 rows. Store in refrigerator.
Strawberry Cheesecake Bars were
made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman
Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman
Recipe was taken from the Pillsbury Easy
Meals Holiday, Issue November 2005 the chapter on “Bake It Easy – Festive Treats,
Classic and New”, Recipe is on page 7, “Copyrights
© 2005 by General Mills”.
Original recipe was called Raspberry
Cheesecake Bars, which had raspberry jam instead of strawberry jam.
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