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Cheesecake: Honey Cheesecake Squares

Source of Recipe

Family Circle Holiday Cakes & Cookies, 1999


List of Ingredients

CRUST
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/3 cup butter -- cold and cut into
piece
3/4 cup chopped walnuts

FILLING
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 8 ounce pack cream cheese
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

TOPPING
fresh fruit slices


Recipe

Heat oven to 350�F. Lightly grease 8 x 8 x 2-inch square baking pan. Crust: Combine flour and sugar in medium-size bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives held scissors-fashion until crumbly. Stir in walnuts. Press evenly over bottom of prepared pan. Bake in 350�F oven 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden. Transfer pan to wire rack to cool.

Filling: Place honey, egg, lemon juice, cream cheese, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat until smooth. Spoon filling over crust. Bake in 350�F oven for 25 minutes or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into 16 cookie squares. Top each with slices of fresh fruit. Makes: 16 squares (2-inch).