Cookie dough cheesecake bars
A combination of delicious chocolate chip cookie dough base with a creamy dreamy cheesecake filling. Perfection!
Servings: 15
Ingredients
Chocolate chip cookie dough:
- 200 grams butter (7 oz 7/8 cups) room temperature
- 50 grams granulated sugar (1.7 oz;1/4 cup)
- 150 grams brown sugar (5.3 oz; 3/4 cup)
- 1 egg room temperature
- 250 grams all-purpose flour (2 cups; 8.8oz)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 200 grams dark chocolate (7oz) or chocolate chips or chocolate chunks, divided
- pinch of salt
For cheesecake:
- 250 grams cream cheese (8.8oz) room temperature
- 200 grams creme fraiche or full-fat sour cream (7oz; 3/4 cup+1 Tbsp), mine was 25% fat
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 150 grams granulated sugar (3/4 cup)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C (400F).
- Roughly chop the dark chocolate if you do not use chocolate chips.
- In a bowl, mix flour, soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl mix butter and both sugars until creamy, about 3-4 minutes, add in egg and vanilla, whisk to incorporate.
- Add in dry ingredients and mix quickly to form a dough. Add in the chopped chocolate (reserving some for garnish) mix quickly until the chocolate has spread evenly into the batter. Set aside while you prepare a filling
- Mix cream cheese, sour cream or creme fraiche, eggs, sugar, and vanilla until incorporated and smooth.
- Cover the bottom of the 33x23cm (13x9) baking pan with parchment paper. Spread 2/3 of cookie dough evenly on the bottom of the pan. Pour cream cheese filling and crumble the rest of the dough over cheese filling. Sprinkle reserved chocolate chunks/chips over the dough.
- Bake around 30-40 minutes, until it has a nice golden brown color.
- Let it cool completely in the refrigerator before cutting it into pieces and serve.
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