Amaretto Cheesecake Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 6 tablespoons butter (softened)
• 8 ounces cream cheese (room temp)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoons amaretto
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 tablespoons almonds (chopped)

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, combine flour and brown sugar.
• 2 cut in butter until mixture forms fine crumbs.
• 3 reserve 1 cup crumb mixture for topping. press remainder over bottom of ungreased 8 inch square baking pan. bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 or until lightly browned.
• 4 in mixer bowl, thoroughly cream together cream cheese and granulated sugar. add egg, amaretto, and vanilla; beat well. spread batter over partially baked crust.
• 5 combine almonds with reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over batter.
• 6 bake for 20-25 minutes. cool and cut into squares.