White Chocolate Cranberry Cheesecake Cookie Bars

  4.0 – 2 reviews  • Cranberry

My mother’s recipe is fantastic! This potato salad stands apart from the competition thanks to a special ingredient!

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Additional Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins
Servings: 24
Yield: 1 9×13-inch baking dish

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup brown sugar
  2. ½ cup butter, softened
  3. 1 large egg
  4. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  5. 1 teaspoon almond extract
  6. 2 cups all-purpose flour
  7. ⅛ teaspoon salt
  8. ¾ cup white chocolate chips
  9. ½ cup dried cranberries
  10. 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  11. 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  12. 2 large eggs
  13. 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  14. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  15. 1 (12 ounce) jar cherry preserves

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
  2. Beat brown sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and almond extract; mix until combined. Stir flour and salt into creamed mixture until crust mixture is well combined; fold in white chocolate chips and dried cranberries. Press crust mixture into the prepared baking dish.
  3. Beat sweetened condensed milk and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer until well combined. Add 2 eggs, lemon zest, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat well. Spread cream cheese mixture over crust mixture.
  4. Whisk cherry preserves in a small bowl until runny. Drop spoonfuls of cherry preserves over cream cheese mixture layer. Lightly draw a knife through cream cheese mixture creating a swirling pattern.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until cheesecake is lightly browned and crust pulls away from sides of dish, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool and refrigerate before serving, at least 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 280 kcal
Carbohydrate 41 g
Cholesterol 50 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 4 g
Saturated Fat 7 g
Sodium 107 mg
Sugars 23 g
Fat 11 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Melissa Nelson
These bars are very sweet, and I’ve discovered that I’m not a fan of sweetened condensed milk. I would like to try to figure out a way to do these without that ingredient because I like all the others a lot!
Madison Turner
I loved it i5 is the best will do again for my birthday day

 

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