Cookie Dough Cheesecake

Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients:

2- 8 ounce packages of cream cheese (softened)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. Vanilla

2 eggs

1 cup prepared or refrigerated cookie dough, divided

1 graham cracker crust

to make your own crust:

1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs

3 Tbsp sugar

1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted

Mix crumbs and sugar together until well blended in a small bowl.  Slowly add melted butter while stirring.  Press into 9 inch pie pan.

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth with an electri mixer on Medium speed.  Add eggs; mix until well blended. 

2. Remove 1/2 cup of the cookie dough and drop by rounded teaspoonfuls into batter.  Stir gently with spoon. 

3. Pour into crust, and top with level teaspoonfuls of the remaining cookie dough.  

4. Bake 40 minutes or until center is almost set.  Cool for at least 1 hour, then refrigerate at least 3 hours or over night.  Garnish as desired.  Store leftovers in refrigerator in a tight closing container.  

~The mommy of 6 <3