Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars

These were simple to make and delicious!!  You can use any kind of cookies such as peanut butter, gingerbread, sugar cookies or your favorite homemade cookies recipe.

I doubled the recipe, use 8 x 12 inch pan and lined with lightly greases aluminum foil for make it easy to cut.

Ingredients:

1  package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup coconut, optional

1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury refrigerated chocolate chip cookies

Directions:

1.      Heat oven to 350°F. Lined 8-inch square pans with aluminum foil and lightly grease with cooking spray.

2.     In small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla extract until smooth. Stir in coconut.

3.      Break up half of cookie dough. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust. Spread cream cheese mixture over dough. Crumble and sprinkle remaining half of dough over cream cheese mixture.

4.      Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until chilled. Store in refrigerator.

This recipe is from Pillsbury.com  Thank you for sharing your great recipe.