Cherry
Chocolate Cheesecake Bar Recipe
For
the crust:
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3 large egg yolks
1 large egg
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa
Preheat the oven
to 350 degrees.
1. With the paddle
attachment of your stand-type mixer, beat the butter until it begins
to soften. Add the powdered sugar and the extracts. Beat in the egg
yolks and egg. Add the flour and cocoa and continue beating until combined.
2. Press the dough into 9x13 inch baking pan with your hand until it
is of uniform depth across the bottom of the pan.
3. Bake for 20 minutes.
For the
filling:
Make the filling
while the crust is baking.
2 8-ounce packages of cream cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1 21-ounce can cherry
pie filling
1. Beat the cream
cheese, sugar, and extracts together until smooth, scraping down the
sides of the bowl at least once. Add the eggs and beat at low speed
until just combined.
2. Spread the filling over the hot crust. Bake for another 30 minutes
or until the center of the filling is just firm.
3. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. Spread the pie filling over the cream
cheese filling after it has cooled.
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