creme brulee cheesecake bars
 
 
Ingredients
  • Crust:
  • 9 whole graham crackers
  • ½ stick unsalted butter, melted
  • Filling:
  • 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp fine sea salt
  • Brulee:
  • ¼ cup sugar
Instructions
  1. Crust:
  2. Preheat oven to 350F, and line an 8x8 baking dish with foil, leaving an overhang.
  3. In a food processor, pulse the crackers until finely ground. Add the melted butter and pulse until cracker crumbs are moistened. Press into bottom of baking dish, and bake about 10 minutes until crust is set. Let cool and reduce oven temperature to 300F.
  4. Filling:
  5. Place the cream cheese in your mixer, or a large bowl. Beat until smooth. Add sugar, eggs, yolk, vanilla and salt, and beat until well combined and no lumps remain. Pour the mixture on top of the crust, spreading evenly. Bake until cheesecake is set but still slightly jiggly in the center, about 45 minutes. Be careful to not overbake.
  6. Once completely cool, cover and chill for at least two hours.
  7. To make brulee topping- uncover dish and sprinkle evenly with sugar. Set your oven to "broil", and move oven rack to appropriate broiling place. Place cheesecake back in the oven- and watch closely until top is golden brown, this will only take about 3 minutes so be careful! Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Recipe by pretty plain janes at https://prettyplainjanes.com/2013/08/28/creme-brulee-cheesecake-bars/