Bars: Peaches and Cream Pie Bars

By NicoleS

Ingredients

• Cookie Base:
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 (21 ounce) LUCKY LEAF® peach pie filling
• Cheesecake Layer:
• 1 (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• Glaze:
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp almond extract (reduce to 1/4 or leave out)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 Tbs milk

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 45mins
Adapted from therecipecritic.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Beat in vanilla.

In a separate bowl combine flour and salt. Add to the creamed mixture. Mix until combined.

In a medium sized bowl beat together cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Add the egg and beat until combined.

Grease a 15x10x1 pan or 9×13, whichever one you decide to use. (I used a 9x13 but cooking time will be longer) Spread 3 cups batter in the bottom. Spread the cream cheese layer on top and lastly Spread with pie filling. Drop remaining batter on top of pie filling.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes (If using a 9x13 increase time to 35 minutes) or until toothpick comes clean. Cool on wire rack. Combine powdered sugar, milk, and extract for the glaze and drizzle over the bars.

I like to let the bars cool completely and refrigerate them for 3 hours for easier cutting.