Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake Bars

I then had to exercise all of my muscle in order to pry the top half out of the pan. This resulted in me just giving up and soaking the pan in water for three days.

But luckily, these cheesecake bars were a screaming success. They are based off of my Perfect Cheesecake Bars, which, in my humble opinion, are totally the best. They’re creamy, light, fluffy and packed with flavor, and they’re basically foolproof. No scary springform pans. No frightening water baths. I mean, what’s up with water baths anyway? I don’t want to bathe my food period. I don’t even take baths, and I don’t want my food to get better treatment than I do. So yeah, no water baths. No spas or saunas either.

Here’s what goes down:
Prepare your cheesecake. Beat the living daylights out of some softened cream cheese with some sugar. Add in the eggs, one at a time, and then the vanilla extract. Lastly, add in sour cream – this makes the cheesecake the creamy, dreamy success that it is. Pour it into your par-baked cinnamon graham crust. Allow me to repeat: CINNAMON GRAHAM CRUST (!!).



While all this is happening, make your oh-so-easy brown sugar cinnamon filling. You just melt some butter, brown sugar and a heap of cinnamon in a small saucepan until melted and gooey and divine. Then drizzle it onto the cheesecake bars and give it a little swirl. Bake until golden and juuuust about set and voila! Amazingness.

Ingredients

FOR CRUST:

• 2 cups cinnamon graham crackers, finely crushed
• ⅓ cup butter, melted
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• FOR CHEESECAKE:
• 2 (8 oz) pkgs cream cheese, softened to room temp
• ⅔ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup sour cream

FOR CINNAMON SWIRL:

• 1 cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2-3 Tbsp ground cinnamon (depending on how cinnamon-y you want it)
• 6 Tbsp butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line an 8x8 pan with foil, extending the sides of the foil over the edges of the pan. Spray the foil with cooking spray; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the cinnamon graham crumbs, melted butter and brown sugar together until completely moistened. Press the mixture evenly along the bottom of the pan and bake for approx. 10-12 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven but keep the oven on.
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