A few years ago, I attended a ladies luncheon and these bars were served. First thing I thought when I took a bite was… CHEESECAKE! I quickly hounded the hostess for the recipe, and have made it countless times since. I love cheesecake, but do not make it often since it’s definitely not the quickest dessert to whip up. These bars are the perfect solution to that. Whereas cheesecake has all these components to work up, plus the added disadvantage of having to chill for hours, these whip up quick, and can be served warm out of the oven, or chilled. No joke… 10 minutes of prep work later, the smell of warm cinnamon will be wafting through your kitchen and giving you the warm and fuzzies. It is one of my go to desserts when I have to take a dish to a pot luck. I took this to a dinner with friends once and one of the husbands quickly put in a request to have this instead of cake for his birthday. I was thinking “uuummmhh awesome! No cake to frost… sign me up for that”. A few weeks later, he was a very happy camper on his birthday 🙂
The crust on the bars is crescent roll dough, rolled out on the bottom and the top, with the cream cheese layer in between. Be sure to let your cream cheese soften at room temperature to make it easier to cream with the sugar. I also let my egg sit our with the cream cheese. Cold eggs are harder to separate the egg white from the yolk. There are a ton of different versions of these bars, but my favorite is still this one. I have added a can of apple pie filling before, and it was delicious. I have also seen where a layer of fruit preserve/jelly is layered over the cream cheese filling, then topped with the crescent dough. I keep coming back to the original though. I hope you will enjoy it as much as my family and I do. The pictures I took are of the chilled version, which makes it easier to cut into bars. It is delicious warm, but does not cut well, so has to be served in the baking pan. Not as pretty, but still yummy. One last note… I have tried using store brand crescent roll dough from different sources but always seem to be disappointed. This is one of those times I recommend sticking to a brand if at all possible. Pillsbury rolls produce a much better crust.
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mrewilson
This looks delicious!
mrewilson
This looks delicious!
Simple.Heavenly.Eats
These look so good!
toplatewithlove
Thanks! They don’t last long at my house:-)
Simple.Heavenly.Eats
These look so good!
toplatewithlove
Thanks! They don’t last long at my house:-)
Shenine Wiggs
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Shenine Wiggs
Oh my can’t wait to make these….I love cream cheese !!!! I agree it’s a choice to surrender and a wise one.
Shenine
Shenine Wiggs
Oh my can’t wait to make these….I love cream cheese !!!! I agree it’s a choice to surrender and a wise one.
Shenine