Snickerdoodle Cheesecake Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Line a 13x9 baking dish with parchment paper. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F. In a food processor, pulse graham crackers with pecans and sugar until fine crumbs. Add in melted butter and pulse until combined. Press crumbs into bottom of prepared baking dish. Using palm of your hand (or bottom of a cup) press crumbs firmly until they are pressed into the bottom of the pan. For the cheesecake filling, beat cream cheese with sugar, eggs, vanilla and cinnamon using the whisk attachment of an electric mixer. Beat until fluffy and smooth (about 3-4 minutes). Pour over graham cracker crust. For the snickerdoodle cookie dough, beat butter with sugar for 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and beat thoroughly. Add in baking powder, salt, flour and cinnamon and beat until fully combined. Fold in chopped pecans. Scoop dough by large spoonfuls onto the top of the cheesecake layer. Try to use your fingertips to spread gently until cheesecake layer if fully covered. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon topping. Sprinkle generously over the cookie dough layer. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, middle may still "jiggle." That's okay. You want the cookie layer to be completely cooked and browned. Remove from oven and cool completely. Once cooled, cover with foil and refrigerate for 4 hours, or overnight. Cut into squares and enjoy. Keep leftover bars in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Line 8-inch square baking dish with foil, leaving ends of foil hanging over sides of dish. Combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 Tbsp. cinnamon in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture for later use; press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom and 1/2 inch up side of prepared dish. Bake 25 min. or until lightly browned.
• Meanwhile, beat cream cheese, vanilla and 1/2 cup of the remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Set aside. Combine remaining 2 tsp. sugar and 1/8 tsp. cinnamon.
• Pour cream cheese mixture into crust; top with reserved crumb mixture and cinnamon sugar.
• Bake 45 to 50 min. or until center of cheesecake is almost set; cool completely.
• Refrigerate 4 hrs. Use foil handles to remove cheesecake from dish before cutting into bars.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Open cookie mix; remove cinnamon-sugar packet, and reserve 2 teaspoons for topping.
• In large bowl, beat cookie mix, cake mix, melted butter, eggs and remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed about 1 minute or until blended. Stir in 1/4 cup of the toffee bits. Spread evenly in pan.
• Bake 32 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Spread frosting on top of bar. Sprinkle reserved 2 teaspoons cinnamon-sugar mixture and remaining toffee bits over top. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store loosely covered in single layer at room temperature.