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Bars: Peanut Butter Cookie Cheesecake Bars

Source of Recipe

wiccadwoman at rc


List of Ingredients


-32 NUTTER BUTTER Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies, divided
-2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
-4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
-1 cup sugar
-1 tsp. vanilla
-4 eggs



Recipe


-Preheat oven to 350°F.

-Chop 16 of the cookies; set aside.
-Place remaining 16 cookies in food processor container; cover.
-Process 30 to 45 seconds or until finely ground.
-Add butter; mix well.
-Press firmly onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan.

-Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
-Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended.
-Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups of the chopped cookies.
-Pour over crust.
-Sprinkle with remaining chopped cookies.

-Bake 40 minutes or until center is almost set.

-Cool.
-Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.

-Cut into 32 bars.
-Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.