Fruitcake Cheesecake Bars. A very festive and easy cookie bar recipe with a spiced butter crumble surrounding a dried fruit cheesecake centre.
Fruitcake Cheesecake Bars
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Fruitcake Cheesecake Bars
Yield:
2 dozen cookie bars
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
40 minutes
Total Time:
1 hour
Fruitcake Cheesecake Bars - a very festive and easy cookie bar recipe with a spiced butter crumble surrounding a dried fruit cheesecake center.
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cupfirmly packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cupcold butter
- 1/2 tspcinnamon
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- pinch ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
FOR THE CHEESECAKE FILLING
- 1 cup 8 ouncescream cheese
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tspvanilla extract
- 1 tbsplemon juice
- 1 largeegg
- 2/3 cupmixed glace fruit
Instructions
- In a food processor pulse together the flour, brown sugar, spices and butter until crumbly (or simply cut the butter through the flour, spices and sugar with a pastry knife or two butter knives held between your fingers)
- Save a 1/2 cup of this crumble mixture to sprinkle over the top later.
- Press the rest of the crumble mixture into the bottom of a greased or parchment lined 9x9 inch square baking pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes while preparing the cheesecake filling.
- Beat together the cream cheese, white sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Beat in the egg.
- Fold in the mixed glace fruit.
- Spread the cheesecake mixture evenly onto the pre-baked cookie base and sprinkle the reserved cookie crumble over the surface.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 20-30 minutes until the cheesecake is set. Let cool completely in the pan before cutting and serving.
- Refrigerate in airtight containers. Freezes well too.
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