Butterscotch Cream Cheese Bars
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 2 dozen
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups butterscotch chips
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Combine the butterscotch chips and butter in a saucepan.
  2. Cook over low heat until smooth, stirring constantly.
  3. Remove from heat.
  4. Stir in the graham cracker crumbs and pecans.
  5. Press ½ of the crumb mixture over the bottom of a greased 9x13-inch baking pan.
  6. Beat the cream cheese in a mixer bowl until fluffy.
  7. Add the condensed milk, egg and vanilla.
  8. Beat until blended.
  9. Spread over the prepared layer.
  10. Top with the remaining crumb mixture.
  11. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  12. Cool to room temperature on a wire rack.
  13. Chill, covered, in the refrigerator, before cutting into bars.
Recipe by Erin Akin Carroll at http://erinakincarroll.com/2014/08/14/butterscotch-cream-cheese-bars/