Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 12 cup brown sugar
- 14 teaspoon cinnamon
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 13 cup butter or 13 cup margarine, Melted
- 1 (12 ounce) jar seedless red raspberry jam, stirred until smooth, divided
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 34 cup sugar, plus
- 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 12 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
- 3 large eggs
- 1 12 cups sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Preheat over to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 13x9x2-inch backing pan.
- Mix together flour, pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.
- Gradually pour in butter, tossing with a fork until mixture is moistened.
- Pat mixture evenly into prepared pan.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Cool for 5 Minutes, then spread with 3/4 cup jam.
- Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, lemon zest with mixer until smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Pour over jam and spread with spatula.
- Bake 25 additional minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes.
- Mix together sour cream, 3 Tbs.
- sugar, and 1tsp.
- Vanilla until smooth.
- Spread evenly over cheesecake.
- Warm remaining jam in saucepan over medium heat.
- Carefully pour into plastic baggie, snip off one end.
- Pipe jam in thin stream on top in a swirl pattern.
- Bake 5-7 minutes, until sour cream topping is set.
- Cool completely on wire rack.
- Refrigerate at least 1 hour or over night.
flour, pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, butter, red raspberry, cream cheese, sugar, sugar, lemon zest, eggs, sour cream, vanilla
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/raspberry-cheesecake-bars-281182 (may not work)