Cream Cheese Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Beat the margarine, cream cheese, and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the margarine mixture before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla with the last egg. Mix in the flour, salt, chocolate chips, and walnuts until just incorporated. Fold in the maraschino cherries; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out nearly clean, about 25 minutes. Watch closely - the finished bars will be very pale in color. Remove from oven immediately if the sides begin to pull away from the pan. Cool pan on a wire rack before cutting into bars.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• Press one can of the crescent rolls into the bottom of the prepared pan. In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Spread over the crescent layer. Unroll the second can of crescent rolls and lay them on top of the cream cheese layer. Do not press down. Pour the melted margarine over the entire pan. Combine the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over the top.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is crisp and golden.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir all ingredients until soft dough forms. Spread dough evenly in pan.
• Bake 20 to 24 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store in airtight container.

Steps:

• For the crust, cream the butter and the sugar. Add the flour and nuts. Mix will be crumbly. Reserve one cup for topping.
• Press into a 9x9 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
• For the filling, blend sugar and cream cheese until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients. Spread over the crust, sprinkle with reserved topping, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 mintues until knife comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 15 x 10 inch sheet pan.
• Mix together cake mix, butter or margarine, and 1 egg. Press mixture into pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, 2 eggs, and confectioners' sugar. Pour mixture on top of cake mixture.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool, and cut into squares.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line the bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch dish with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
• Mix 3 tablespoons sugar with 1/4 of the lemon zest; set aside.
• Unroll one piece of crescent dough and press in the bottom of the prepared dish, stretching dough to the edges.
• Mix lemon juice and remaining lemon zest in a large bowl. Add cream cheese and 1/2 cup white sugar; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Spread over the crescent dough in the pan.
• Unroll the second piece of crescent dough and layer over the cream cheese mixture, gently stretching dough to the edges. Brush melted butter on top and sprinkle with reserved sugar-lemon zest mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 30 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Lift lemon bars from the baking dish using the foil; transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 24 squares, leaving bars on the foil. Lift the foil and transfer the bars back into the baking dish. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.

Steps:

• For the first layer, In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs, chocolate, vanilla and blend well.
• Combine flour and baking powder, then stir into chocolate mixture.
• Fold in chopped pecans, then pour mixture into a greased 9x13 pan.
• For the second layer, In another bowl cream together cream cheese and butter.
• Beat in sugar, egg, vanilla and flour until well blended, then fold in pecans and spread over first layer. Then sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• Bake at 350' for about 20-25 minutes or until edges pull away from the pan.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with marshmallows and bake 1-2 minutes longer or until they puff up. Remove from oven and if need be, spread out marshmallows so the layer is even (Work quickly!).
• Cool completely.
• Third Layer:.
• In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, 2 oz. of cream cheese, milk and chocolate square.
• Simmer over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth.
• Transfer to a mixing bowl, add powdered sugar and vanilla, beat until smooth.
• When cooled slightly, Spread over bars and refrigerate until set. Then cut into squares and serve. Store in refrigerator.