Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars

By srumbel

A cookie bar that combines soft peanut butter cookies with a cheesecake filling studded with peanut butter morsels. If you’re a peanut butter and cheesecake lover, get ready to sing “Glory!”. This is an easy recipe to throw together, even at the end of a long day, and the bars travel and pack well, too!

from southernplate.com

Ingredients

• 16 ounce roll peanut butter cookie dough
• 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup peanut butter chips

Preparation

Step 1

1.Grease an 8x8 pan and set aside.
2.In mixing bowl, place softened cream cheese, egg, vanilla, and sweetened condensed milk. Beat until smooth and creamy. Stir in peanut butter chips.
3.Pat half of cookie dough into bottom of greased 8x8 pan (Wet your hands and it will be easier). Pour cheesecake mixture over this.
4.Break up remaining cookie dough and scatter on top of cheesecake mixture in pan.
5.Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes, or until lightly browned on top.
Let cool before cutting (or eat warm, free country!).