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All-American Cheesecake Squares
Ingredients
Crust
1 1/2 cups graham-cracker crumbs
7 T (unsalted ) butter, melted
2 T sugar
Filling
12 ounces cream cheese softened
1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cups) strawberry jam
1 pint blueberries, picked over for stems
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Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Line pan with foil, extending it over the rim; grease foil.
2. In bowl, with fork, stir graham-cracker crumbs, butter and sugar until blended. Press mixture onto bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
3. In small bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed until smooth; gradually beat in sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla just until blended. Pour filling over crust; bake 40 to 45 minutes. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Chill until ready to serve.
4. Place jam in small saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring, until liquid. Strain; cool slightly. Pour into a plastic bag; seal.
5. When cheesecake is cold, lift foil with cake out of pan. Place on cutting board and peel away foil; cut cake into 12 pieces. To decorate, place berries in the top left corner of each bar. Snip a small hole in corner of plastic bag; pipe jam in stripes around berries to create flaglike decoration.
Submitted by Nancy from Idaho.
by DLWFORUS
February 21, 2013
delicious!
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by AZACOB
August 17, 2012
by FAMJR
June 29, 2012
by FAMJR
June 25, 2012
by 92651
June 25, 2012
Very cute but I don't have the patience to make a lot of these. Might make a big flag and cut in pieces.
by BUNNY2201
June 25, 2012
Very cute little flags. How patriotic!! Thanks for posting your recipe. Sounds good!
by BOOBEAT1984
June 25, 2012
by CODYB
June 25, 2012
Wow! My two favorite things! Cheesecake and the American flag! Thanks! You definitely have my vote!
by NDAKOTA BLUE
June 25, 2012
Very excellent-looking bar!! This will get my vote. Very cleverly patriotic.
by PJ STERLING
June 25, 2012
Cheesecake, any type, is a favorite, and these bars must be very tasty!
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