Strawberry Cream Cheese Dessert Bars
Strawberries N Cream Bars are a layered dessert with a sugar cookie bottom, strawberries and white chocolate middle, and cool whip on top!
Servings: 16
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Layer
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1/3 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Cream Layer
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cups strawberries chopped
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- Large Tub Cool Whip
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9×13 pan,
- Cream together shortening, butter and sugar. Mix until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla and almond extract until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine baking powder, salt and flour and mix well. Gradually add to creamed mixture until well blended. Spread into the bottom of your greased pan. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until edges or golden brown. Let cool.
- Melt white chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave by heating up in 30 second intervals. Mix with softened cream cheese until well blended. Spread over sugar cookie layer and refrigerate.
- In a small pan, mix together sugar and cornstarch. Add chopped strawberries and water and heat on medium-high heat until it comes to a boil. Once it is boiling, take off the heat and let cool for 10 minutes. Pour over cream cheese layer and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
- Top with Cool Whip and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 297kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 167mg | Potassium: 120mg | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 325IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 0.8mg