Cheesecake Bars with Farmer's Cheese

The cut cheesecake bars are on a parchment paper with the Farmer's cheese.

5 from 2 votes

Cheesecake Bars with Farmer's Cheese

Creamy and so easy to make, these Cheesecake Bars with Farmer's Cheese are the perfect dessert to make! The best part is, there's no need for a water bath!

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: Bars

Calories: 176kcal

Author: Lynn Polito

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Crust

10 Graham Cracker Sheets
⅓ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
6 tablespoon Butter Melted

For the Cheesecake Mixture

1 cup Lifeway Farmer's Cheese
1 Brick Cream Cheese 8 ounces
⅓ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 large Egg

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper and set it aside.
In the bowl of a food processor, add the graham crackers, melted butter, and sugar. Pulse until the mixture looks like wet sand. This should take about 30 seconds.
Add the graham cracker mixture to the prepared baking dish and bake for 8 minutes to set the graham cracker crust into the baking dish. Remove the baking dish from the oven and allow it to cool while you make the cheesecake filling.
Clean the bowl of the food processor and add the room temperature cream cheese, Farmer's cheese, egg, sugar, and vanilla. Pulse for 15 seconds until the mixture is smooth. Pour the cream cheese mixture into the cooled crust.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the bars are done. You'll know when the bars are done because they will be a slight jiggle to the middle, but mostly solid.
Allow the cheesecake to cool completely in the pan before trying to cut the bars. When you are ready to cut them bars, gently lift them out of the pan and cut them with a sharp knife. Serve chilled!

Notes

The cream cheese needs to be at room temperature so it will mix into the Farmer's Cheese well. If it is too cold, the filling will be lumpy.
Make sure the oven is preheated. It's very important for timing that the oven is hot and ready when the bars go in.
Let the crust cool a little before you add the cream cheese and Farmer's cheese filling to the crust.
If the top of the bars start getting too brown, cover with aluminum foil and continue baking.

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