Strawberry Cheesecake Bars

These Strawberry Cheesecake Bars are made with a sugar cookie crust and topped with a light, no bake strawberry cheesecake making these bars an easy spring and summer dessert!

Course Brownies + Bars

Cuisine American

Keyword cheesecake bars, cheesecake bites, strawberry cheesecake bars

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings Bars

Calories 301kcal

Author Jennifer

Ingredients

1 roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1 box 3 oz strawberry flavor gelatin
⅔ cup boiling water
1 tub regular cottage cheese 16 oz
16 oz cream cheese, softened 2 bricks
2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ cup strawberries chopped
Sliced strawberries for topping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line 9x9 baking pan with foil and then spray with non-stick baking spray.
Press refrigerated sugar cookie dough into bottom of prepared baking pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes.
In a small pan, boil water and stir in gelatin, set aside. Puree cottage cheese in food processor until creamy. Using a electric or stand mixer, mix cottage cheese mixture, gelatin, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract until smooth. Stir in chopped strawberries.
Pour mixture into prepared cookie crust; smooth top. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours, or until set. Garnish with sliced strawberry before serving.

Notes

LINE YOUR BAKING PAN: Line your 9×9 baking pan with aluminum foil long enough to line the sides and bottom of the pan with a little extra to hang over the sides. Spray a generous amount of non-stick baking spray onto the bottom of the pan before pressing the sugar cooking dough on the bottom. Once the strawberry cheesecake bars have set in the fridge for at least 4 hours, you can simply lift them from the pan by the foil flaps, peel it back, and cut into squares without any fuss.

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