Holiday Cheesecake Bars
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Course : Cheesecakes
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 2 Dozen
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2               Cups  all purpose flour
     2/3           Cup  packed brown sugar
     2/3           Cup  cold butter (no Substitutes)
  1                Cup  chopped walnuts
                        Filling
  2           Packages  cream cheese -- (8 ounces each)
                        softened
     1/2           Cup  sugar
  2                     eggs
     1/4           Cup  milk
  2        Tablespoons  lemon juice
  1           Teaspoon  vanilla  extract
                        sliced red and green maraschino cherries -- optional
 

Preparation:

In a bowl, combine flour and brown sugar, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in walnut. Reserve 1 cup. Press remaining crumbs onto the bottom of an ungreased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk, lemon juice and vanilla; pour over crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs. Bake 25-30 minutes longer or until edges are slightly browned and filling is almost set. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into squares garnish with cherries if desired. Store in the refrigerator

 

Nutritional Information:

3493 Calories (kcal); 243g Total Fat; (60% calories from fat); 79g Protein; 277g Carbohydrate; 891mg Cholesterol; 1572mg Sodium