Oh, I really love these cheesecake bars! My sister Melissa shared this recipe with me and I’m sure glad she did. Even my husband, who is very much a chocolate chip cookie kind of guy, also told me these are one of his favorite treats now! Looks like these will be making a regular appearance around our house. A few thoughts Melis shared with me, and which I second, is that these would be amazing with some sort of drizzled fruit sauce and fresh fruit on top. Honestly, they don’t need it, but if you wanted to go that extra mile, there you are. Also, like most cheesecake desserts, these are very best after chilled.
Cheesecake Bars
Submitted by Amy ~ The Sisters Cafe
Printable Recipe
BASE:
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
FILLING:
1/4 cup sugar
8 oz. cream cheese, softened (Low-fat cream cheese is fine in my opinion. But if you don’t usually like it, stick with the regular)
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp milk
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 egg
Heat oven to 350. In a small bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Combine flour and walnuts or pecans with creamed mixture. Reserve 1 cup for topping. Press remainder into bottom of ungreased 8″ or 9″ square pan. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until lightly browned.
In a small bowl, blend sugar and cream cheese until smooth (if using fat-free cream cheese, mixture will be kind of lumpy, but it will cook up just fine). Add milk, lemon juice, vanilla, and egg. Beat well. Spread over baked crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake at 350 for 23-27 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator. Makes 12 small bars.
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I love a good cheesecake dessert so this looks absolutely perfect to me.
Do you have any desserts with no dairy products?
These are AMAZING, Amy! Thanks for giving me the recipe. I made them when Griff was out of town, but this dessert is right up his ally. I'll have to make them again now he is home.
These sound wonderful. I love cheesecake, but if I make a whole one it never gets entirely eaten. I bet that these bars would go fast!
This looks and sounds yummy!!
I LOVE your blog!! Such yummy food! Cant wait to try this one!! THANKS!
oh yum! I can't wait to try these! pretty pic too, Amy. :)
Dear Burdick Family,
Hi, welcome to our blog! Although milk, cream cheese and other dairy products are popular amongst our desserts, we definitely have a lot that are dairy-free. There seems to be a good number of dairy-free cookies as well. Were you looking for something specific? Probably the easiest way to browse our desserts is just to choose the desserts tab on the right hand column under labels and scroll through. This way you could check the ingredients as you search around. Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any more questions:)
I couldn't resist trying these! I made a batch yesterday and they are divine! THANK YOU!!
These bars were very easy to make and I had all the ingredients at home=) I happen to have made some strawberry sauce the night before and must say LOVE them with the sauce. They would be great by themselves but I just love cheesecake with fruit sauce.
Thanks for sharing
oh wow–these look soo good! Too bad my silly hubby doesn't llike nuts! I may have to make them for a girls get together! Thanks Amy!
This recipe look divine and I can't wait to try it! I featured it here. YUM!
OMG Amy, how surprise I was to see these decadent cream cheese bars posted on you and your sisters blog. Your recipe is exactly the same recipe my sister had given me over 30 years ago. My sister always made these at Christmas time, and it was one dessert my family always looked forward to during the holiday season. I hope others will give this recipe a try, as these bars are oh so good!!
I made these tonight and they were really yummy! And super easy too. I especially loved the toasted pecan crust. Yum!