CRESCENT CHERRY CHEESECAKE BARS

This dessert is easy to make and so good! If you are a cherry fan, put this one on your list.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

This recipe for Crescent Cherry Cheesecake Bars is one you will make over and over again. I love this recipe and you can change it in all kinds of ways. Serve it for breakfast with coffee or as a dessert with any meal. I honestly think I could eat this in some form or another every day and never tire of it. This is sort of like a cherry crisp but the crescent rolls give it a pie crust flavor. You are going to love this recipe!

SWAPS

I think you could easily use any pie filling in this recipe. Apple or Blueberry would be delicious and a great way to mix things up. It is also made in a 9X13, so you could do half and half if you bought the smaller cans of pie filling. You can also use vanilla extract in place of the almond extract. You could sprinkle shredded coconut on top, too. Plus you can add cinnamon to the brown sugar and oats, which would be especially good if you used apple pie filling. You can leave the glaze off, but it tastes great on this recipe.

DO YOU REFRIGERATE THIS DESSERT?

We do keep this in the refrigerator, and it is excellent cold. You can also heat it up in the microwave if you prefer it that way.

OTHER DELICIOUS DESSERTS

Judy Yeager

This recipe is a wonderful dessert or a great breakfast. It’s so versatile and everyone loves it! Super easy to make with step by step pictures.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American, southern

1 12 ounce can Big and Buttery Crescent Rolls
2 8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened (I soften my cream cheese in the microwave for about 40 seconds)
1/4 cup white granulated sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract can use regular vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
1 21 ounce can cherry pie filling
1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 stick butter or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup
1/2 cup walnut or pecan pieces

Glaze Ingredients

1 to 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 to 4 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan with cooking spray. Put the crescent rolls in the bottom of the pan pressing seams together. Using a mixer blend cream cheese, white sugar, almond extract and egg yolk.
Spread over the crescent rolls. Spread the cherry pie filling on top of the cream cheese mixture. Combine the oats and brown sugar and sprinkle on top of the pie filling. Add the nuts. Cut the butter into small pieces on top of the oats and nuts.
Bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

Glaze Instructions

Make the glaze by combining powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract and mixing with a spoon. You can add more milk if not thin enough or more sugar if too thin. Drizzle over your cheesecake bars.

Makes about 12 servings. Keeps well in the refrigerator. Can be reheated or eat it cold. You could make this with any kind of pie filling such as apple and add cinnamon to the oats and brown sugar.

Keyword cheesecake bars, cherry dessert

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