Cheesecake Bars With Brown Sugar Crust

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• cherry pie filling (optional)
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 cream together butter and brown sugar until smooth.
• 3 stir in flour, and walnuts to create a crumbly mixture.
• 4 reserve 1 cup crust mixture to use as topping and press the rest into bottom of an ungreased 8x8 baking dish. bake for 9-11 minutes until browned.
• 5 cream together cream cheese and sugar until smooth. add the vanilla extract, milk, lemon juice and egg. mix well and pour over baked crust.
• 6 add crumb topping and bake for 23-27 minutes until golded brown on top.
• 7 remove from oven and allow to cool. if desired to with cherry pie filling or other topping.