American Cheesecake Squares
Celebrate the 4th with these patriotic treats!
Ingredients
Crust
1.5 cup(s) graham-cracker crumbs
7 tablespoon(s) (unsalted ) butter, melted
2 tablespoon(s) sugar
Filling
12 ounce(s) (light) cream cheese, try Neufchâtel, softened
.5 cup(s) sugar
2 large eggs
1.5 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
.75 cup(s) strawberry jam
1 pint(s) blueberried, picked over for stems
Directions
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Line pan with foil, extending it over the rim; grease foil.
In bowl, with fork, stir graham-cracker crumbs, butter and sugar until blended. Press mixture onto bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
In small bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed until smooth; gradually beat in sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla just until blended. Pour filling over crust; bake 40 to 45 minutes. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Chill until ready to serve.
Place jam in small saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring, until liquid. Strain; cool slightly. Pour into a plastic bag; seal.
When cheesecake is cold, lift foil with cake out of pan. Place on cutting board and peel away foil; cut cake into 12 pieces. To decorate, place berries in the top left corner of each bar. Snip a small hole in corner of plastic bag; pipe jam in stripes around berries to create flaglike decoration.
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