Author Notes
These bars have the perfect cheesecake to cookie ratio. The soft and chewy cookie base with the creamy, sweet cheesecake layer tastes like HEAVEN! So if you're a hoarder like me or just want to quell your sweet tooth then try this recipe out!
(Adapted from Friday Cake Night) —Milk and Cardamom
Ingredients
- Cookie Dough
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1/2 cup
butter, softened
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1/4 cup
granulated sugar
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1/2 cup
brown sugar
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1 teaspoon
vanilla
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1
egg
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1/4 cup
peanut butter
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2 cups
all purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon
baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon
salt
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1 cup
chocolate chips
- Cheesecake Layer
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8 ounces
cream cheese
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1/4 cup
sugar
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1
egg
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1 teaspoon
vanilla
Directions
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Pre-heat oven to 350 F
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Cream butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together for 3 minutes.
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Add in egg and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Add peanut butter and mix well.
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In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until a all the flour is incorporated.
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Mix in chocolate chips and set dough aside.
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In another bowl, cream the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg together until nice and smooth.
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Grease a 8×8 inch pan with cooking spray or butter. Press half the cookie dough into the bottom of the pan in a nice even layer.
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Spread all of the cheesecake mixture on top evenly.
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Take the rest of the cookie dough and pat into flat pieces and place on top of the cheesecake layer gently until covered. It’s ok if you have a hole here or there, it doesn’t need to be completely covered.
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Bake for 35-40 minutes and cool. Refrigerate until ready to eat!
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