Easy Cherry Cheesecake Bars

Oatmeal cookie mix forms the crust of these easy cherry cheesecake bars topped with a layer of cherry pie filling.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 342 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• cooking spray
• 1 (17.5 ounce) package dry oatmeal cookie mix
• 0.5 cup white sugar
• 0.5 stick butter, chilled and cut into small pieces

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.

Step 2

Pour cookie mix into a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly and coarse. Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture; press remaining crumbs into the bottom of the prepared baking pan.

Step 3

Bake crust in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Remove partially baked crust and leave oven on.

Step 4

Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, flour, and vanilla extract together in a bowl using electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.

Step 5

Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over the partially baked crust. Spread cherry pie filling over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle reserved crumbs on top.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until light golden brown on top, about 35 minutes. Cool about 30 minutes. Refrigerate to chill, about 2 hours. Cut into 16 to 20 bars.