Nutter Butter Cookie Bars
These are the ultimate peanut butter lover's bake. A fudgy cookie/blondie like base is covered with a cheesecake layer. Spread this into a baking pan and cover with the cheesecake topping and Nutter Butter cookies. The texture contrast makes for such a fabulous bite. These come together really easily. Build the layers with the cookie base and cheesecake topping then arrange your cookies on top. The neat pattern looks great but of course, feel free to go crazy on this. Once baked, no decoration or extras are needed! Simply wait for them to cool, then you can slice and serve.
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Servings: 9
Ingredients
For the Cookie Bars
- 113 g (½ cups) Unsalted Butter Melted
- 120 g (½ cups) Creamy Peanut Butter
- 100 g (½ cups) Light Brown Soft Sugar
- 100 g (½ cups) Granulated Sugar
- 1 (1) Large Egg
- 2 tsp (2 tsp) Vanilla Extract
- 135 g (1 cup) All Purpose Flour
- 8 (8) Nutter Butter Cookies
For the Cheesecake Topping
- 200 g (7 oz) Full Fat Cream Cheese
- 2 tbsp (2 tbsp) Peanut Butter
- 1 (1) Large Egg
- 2 tbsp (2 tbsp) Granulated Sugar
- 8 (8) Nutter Butter Cookies
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350℉/180℃. Line an 8inch square baking pan with greaseproof paper.
- Loosen the peanut butter for the cookie bars by placing in a small bowl in the microwave for 20 seconds.
- Make the cookie layer by combining the melted butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and flour. Mix until fully combined. Roughly chop the 8 Nutter Butter cookies into small pieces and mix in.
- Pour into the lined tin, set aside.
For the Cheesecake Layer
- Using an electric mixer, whisk together the cream cheese, egg, peanut butter and sugar until smooth. Pour this over the cookie bars.
- Place on the remaining 8 Nutter Butter bars.
- Bake 30-35 minutes until golden and only a little wobbly in the middle. Let cool before slicing and serving.