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August 2, 2011
Cheesecake Squares
Keepsake Cookies
Prep time:
16 minutesbaking time:
12 to 15 minutes“Cheesecake Squares were Grandma's way of making cheesecake an everyday indulgence.”
Ingredients
Serves 16
- 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 5 1/3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
2
Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl. Mix with a fork until light and fluffy. Add flour and stir until crumbly. Stir in the walnuts.
3
Reserve 1 cup brown sugar mixture. Press remaining mixture into bottom of an 8 × 8-inch baking pan.
4
Beat cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer set at medium-high speed until smooth.
5
Add granulated sugar, egg, milk, lemon juice and vanilla extract to cream cheese and beat until smooth.
6
Spread cream cheese mixture on top of brown sugar mixture in baking pan. Sprinkle with reserved brown sugar mixture.
7
Bake until lightly browned, about 12 to 15 minutes. Let stand until cool. Cut into squares.
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Grandma's Secret Trick
Grandma's Secret Trick
To chop nuts finely, Grandma used a nut chopper that was quicker and easier than a knife and simpler to clean than a blender. The nut chopper was a glass jar fitted with a lid. A rod went through the lid that had an X-shaped pair of blades inside the glass jar and a knob outside. Grandma placed the nuts in the jar, screwed on the lid and used the knob to work the blades until the nuts were finely chopped.
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