If you're in a butterscotch mood and have a lot of people to feed, Butterscotch Cheesecake Bars are a good bet. This recipe gives you a full 13x9 inch pan. I actually made them in a 13x9 inch springform pan. I bought it on a whim and have used it maybe once or twice in the past 15 years. Now I'm wondering where it is and need to go through my pans...
Anyhow, the bars look like this. They are very tasty! The crust is kind of salty and sweet, and the filling is a cheesecake mixture made with cream cheese and condensed milk, so it's smooth and creamy.
Butterscotch Cheesecake Bars
1 cup butterscotch morsels
⅓ cup salted butter, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup chopped walnuts or walnut pieces, toasted
1 8 ounce brick cream cheese, softened
1 (14 oz) can of sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 large egg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In microwave or top of a double boiler, melt butterscotch morsels and butter. If using microwave, coat morsels with softened butter and microwave at 50% or 70% power for a minute. Stir. Repeat until melted. Stir in crumbs and nuts. Press a little over half of the crumb mixture into bottom of pan.
Prepare topping. Beat together cheese, condensed milk and vanilla. Add egg and stir until well mixed. Pour cheese mixture over base. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over top and bake for 25-28 minutes. Let cool completely. Chill, then cut into bars.
Makes 20 big bars
Anna says
Hi Carole,
Glad to hear fat free cream cheese works. I guess the condensed milk helps keep it smooth.
Carol says
These are excellent. I made 2 batches--one to freeze and for my hubby to sample and one for a work function. I used fat-free condensed milk, reduced fat cream cheese and reduced fat graham crackers. It was a really easy recipe that produced wonderful results! Thanks for sharing.
Carol says
These are excellent. I made 2 batches--one to freeze and for my hubby to sample and one for a work function. I used fat-free condensed milk, reduced fat cream cheese and reduced fat graham crackers. It was a really easy recipe that produced wonderful results! Thanks for sharing.
Anna says
Janet, sorry I was slow in answering this. Yes, they freeze well.
Janet says
I made these bars and I couldn't even wait until they were cooled to try them....they smelled so good! They are delicious! Recipe was perfect....do you think it would be ok to freeze this recipe? Thanks again.
Laurel says
These butterscotch bars remind me of one of my son's favorite desserts. It's a cheesecake 'bar' that contains chopped Nutter Butter cookies.
Laurel
Anna says
Amy, I'm glad you are impressed with my pan. I ordered it off Cooking.com.
Joe, I'm not surprised you have it already ;). Seriously, this pan made it easy for even messy me to cut neat squares.
Heather, the walnuts give the crust some extra solidity and the bars hold up really well. Without the nuts, I think they'd taste fine but be more delicate. If you leave out the nuts, add some extra graham crumbs or maybe even some oatmeal just to counteract the sweetness?
Janet, let me know what you think if you try them this week. No rush. We have the rest of our lives.
Jackie, I don't know how organized I am compared to other people. I have this one cabinet that every time I open it, everything falls out on me. Picking up pots and pans slows me down, but at least I know where things are....so I'm organized in my own special way.
Hippy, you totally DON'T need the fancy pan. I just used it because when that cabinet of stuff fell out on me, the pan appeared.
Anj, that Bear Pool Party Cake has been on my "to-try" list for about 5 years...or ever since they came out with blue Jell-O. Woman's Day must know the cake is special because they put that same cake on the cover of their magazine every year. Or maybe it's my imagination and they don't....I just dreamed they did. I wonder how many women in America have that cake on their "to-try" list.?.
Jackie says
Anna,
You are amazing. I can't get over how you manage to bake so often. I often think about baking but am usually too lazy to get out the ingredients and do it. Do you have your kitchen organized so that everything you need is close at hand?
Anj says
Yummy. I've got to check out that square springform pan. Here's a cake I've had in my to-try pile for a while. It looks so cute. I don't know how to insert a link but hope this works. http://flickr.com/photos/candyaddictcom/215168640/
Janet says
Yum, looks delicious...thanks! Will try them this week!
Claire says
Well, never mind! I see the link now!
Claire says
These look great! I'm going to bookmark them and take them to a party next time I have one! BTW, do you know a good place to get a springform like that? That would be great to have for brownies, etc...easier to cut!
Heather says
Sorry for all the posts! It kept giving me an error so I thought it never went through!
Heather says
Looks delicious! If I'd like to make it w/o the walnuts, do you have a suggestion on what could be added instead? Or if I just leave them out and don't add anything in their place, will the recipe stay the same? Thanks!
Joe says
I have a 9x13 springform that has removable sides... love it for bar cookies and cakes!
Amy says
That is a nice pan!