Description
These Peaches and Cream Cheesecake Bars are a delightful combination of a buttery pie crust, a creamy cheesecake layer, and sweet peach filling, topped with a lovely almond glaze. Perfect for any occasion!
Ingredients
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For the bars:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 (21 oz) can peach pie filling
For the cheesecake layer:
- 1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
For the glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- For the bars: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and vanilla. Combine flour and salt, mix into wet ingredients. Spread half of batter in pan.
- For the cheesecake layer: Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg. Spread over the batter in the pan, then top with peach pie filling. Drop remaining batter over the pie filling.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden. Cool.
- For the glaze: Mix powdered sugar, milk, and almond extract. Drizzle over bars.
Notes
- You can refrigerate these bars for a few hours before serving for a firmer texture.
- Feel free to customize with different fruit fillings like cherry or blueberry.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 190mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
