This recipe combines two holiday favorites - gingerbread and cheesecake - into one easy holiday dessert. These bars have layers of gingerbread, creamy cheesecake, more gingerbread, and a whipped cream cheese frosting. This semi-homemade dessert will quickly become a family favorite. My husband and I like these cookie bars because the cookie mix has just the right amount of spice.
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Recipe Cuisine: American Recipe Category: Cookies Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients :
- 1 package(s) Betty Crocker gingerbread cookie mix
- 1 stick(s) butter
- melted
- 1/4 cup(s) half and half
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup(s) walnuts or pecans
- chopped
- CHEESECAKE FILLING
- 8 ounce(s) cream cheese
- softened
- 1 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon(s) butter extract
- optional
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoon(s) corn starch
- FROSTING
- 4 ounce(s) cream cheese
- softened
- 2 tablespoon(s) butter
- softened
- 1 cup(s) powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1-2 tablespoon(s) half and half
Intructions :
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray an 8 square pan (I used a glass one) with Baker's Joy or any cooking spray with flour.
- Combine cookie mix
- butter
- half and half
- and egg. Mix until well blended.
- Stir in nuts.
- Spread 1/2 of the cookie dough in the bottom of the pan and halfway up the sides.
- Filling: Combine cream cheese and sugar, beat until blended.
- Add vanilla extract
- butter extract
- egg
- and corn starch, beat until smooth.
- Spread mixture over cookie dough.
- Using a spoon
- drop spoonfuls of the remaining cookie dough on top of the cream cheese mixture and slightly spread.
- Bake 55-60 minutes for 8u201d pan or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove to wire rack. Cool completely.
- Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until blended.
- Gradually mix in powdered sugar.
- Stir in vanilla and half and half.
- Frost cookie bars. Cover and store in the refrigerator. Cut into 9 -12 bars.
- Note: Betty Crocker Gingerbread Cookie Mix is available in stores during the holiday season. I have used a 9u201d metal pan. Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.Variation: Substitute Betty Crocker Pumpkin Spice Cookie Mix.
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