Prep time: 15 mins | Cook time: 30 mins | Serves: 15 bars
I have a huge love for cookies. They are easy and fun to make and versatile. Just like these Cheesecake Cookie Dough Bars. Soft, chewy, yummy, and pretty simple.
Ingredients
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CRUST:
1 – 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup melted butter
2 tablespoons sugar
FILLING:
1 – 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
COOKIE DOUGH:
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup flour
2/3 cup chocolate chips, (or milk chocolate)
pinch of salt
How to make Cheesecake Cookie Dough Bars
Step 1: Prepare the oven. Preheat it to 325 degrees F.
Step 2: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter, and sugar to make the crust.
Step 3: Into the bottom of a greased 9 x 9-inch baking pan, firmly press the crust. Place inside the preheated oven and bake for about 5 minutes.
Step 4: Cream the cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar. Add in the egg followed by the vanilla, then mix well until incorporated.
Step 5: Evenly spread this over the graham crumb crust.
Step 6: Combine well the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.
Step 7: Add in 3/4 cup flour and salt and fold until just a dough forms. Then, stir in the chocolate chips.
Step 8: Make handfuls of the cookie dough in balls, breaking them off into small nuggets and placing them evenly on top of the cheesecake layer.
Step 9: Place inside preheated oven and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes until the top of cookie dough starts to brown.
Step 10: Remove from the oven and allow the cookie to completely cool in the pan before slicing into bars or squares.
Step 11: If not freezing, store the bars in an airtight container.
Note:
Use a 9 x 9-inch pan for thicker bars or a 9 x 13-inches pan is okay.
Ingredients
- CRUST:
- 1 - 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- FILLING:
- 1 - 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- COOKIE DOUGH:
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup flour
- 2/3 cup chocolate chips, (or milk chocolate)
- pinch of salt
Instructions
Step 1: Prepare the oven. Preheat it to 325 degrees F.
Step 2: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter, and sugar to make the crust.
Step 3: Into the bottom of a greased 9 x 9-inch baking pan, firmly press the crust. Place inside the preheated oven and bake for about 5 minutes.
Step 4: Cream the cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar. Add in the egg followed by the vanilla, then mix well until incorporated.
Step 5: Evenly spread this over the graham crumb crust.
Step 6: Combine well the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.
Step 7: Add in 3/4 cup flour and salt and fold until just a dough forms. Then, stir in the chocolate chips.
Step 8: Make handfuls of the cookie dough in balls, breaking them off into small nuggets and placing them evenly on top of the cheesecake layer.
Step 9: Place inside preheated oven and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes until the top of cookie dough starts to brown.
Step 10: Remove from the oven and allow the cookie to completely cool in the pan before slicing into bars or squares.
Step 11: If not freezing, store the bars in an airtight container.