Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Cream Cheese Bars
Recipe: #15625
November 05, 2014
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Oats, Baby Shower, Brunch, Christmas, Fathers Day Game/Sports Day, Potluck, Oven Bake, Bars, Chocolate, Kosher Dairy, more
"A top and bottom cookie crust stuffed with cream cheese in between"
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (71.6 g)
- Calories 286.2
- Total Fat - 16.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.1 g
- Cholesterol - 43.9 mg
- Sodium - 280.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 32 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 21.7 g
- Protein - 4.3 g
- Calcium - 25.1 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 325 F.
Step 2
Line a 9x9 inch square pan with parchment paper or grease with butter.
Step 3
To make the top/bottom crust: Beat together the butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Step 4
Add the egg and vanilla, continuing to beat.
Step 5
Whisk in the salt and baking soda, followed by the flour.
Step 6
Fold in the oats and chocolate chips or chunks and set aside.
Step 7
To prepare the cheesecake middle: whisk all the ingredients together until smooth.
Step 8
Press about 2/3 of the cookie dough onto the baking pan in an even layer.
Step 9
Pour the cheesecake mixture on top and and spread evenly.
Step 10
Take bits of the remaining cookie dough and fatten in your hands, then place the flattened pieces on top of the cheesecake layer until it is covered as best as possible. You can also just crumble up the mixture and spread it on top.
Step 11
COVER PAN WITH FOIL, and bake for 20 minutes, uncover and bake for an additional 25-30 minutes- check until it no longer jiggles.
Tips
- 9x9 inch baking pan