Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups miniature chocolate chips
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugars.
• 2 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 3 combine flour, salt, and baking soda; add to the creamed mixeture and mix well.
• 4 fold in chocolate chips.
• 5 set aside a third of the dough for topping.
• 6 press remaining dough into a greased 13x9x2 baking pan.
• 7 bake at 350 for 8 minutes.
• 8 meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
• 9 add eggs, vanilla; mix well.
• 10 spoon over crust. drop easpoonfulls of reserved dough over filling.
• 11 bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown.
• 12 cool on wire rack.
• 13 cover and store in the refrigerator.