Peanut Butter Cookie Cheesecake Bars
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INGREDIENTS
- 32 Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies, divided
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 4 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 eggs
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Chop 16 of the cookies; set aside. Place remaining 16 cookies in food processor container; cover. Process 30 to 45 seconds or until finely ground. Add butter; mix well. Press firmly onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan.
- Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups of the chopped cookies. Pour over crust. Sprinkle with remaining chopped cookies.
- Bake 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Cut into 32 bars. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.