Bakehouse Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars

If Dexter was a food blogger…

I promise, I’m not a psychopath… though I kind of felt like one when I was cutting these bars apart, seething with frustration as my initial rectangular bar shapes came out wonky and the glaze was cracking and cookie crumbs sticking everywhere (can you tell I’m a bit of a perfectionist?)

Finally, though I wanted to throw them all in the trash with a dramatic flourish, I cut the bigger bars into smaller pieces and as I used the knife to transport the bites to a plate (disclaimer: don’t try this at home) I thought it looked kinda cool; so I left them there. I didn’t quite realize just how violent the photo really looks until I started editing the images.

Whoops.

Needless to say and despite how these images make them seem, these cheesecake bars are really quite sweet, creamy and smooth and much easier to prepare than your typical cheesecake. The filling is little more than cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, and peanut butter. It was a little greasier in the end than I might have liked (I started having flashbacks to the peanut butter white chocolate fiasco), but you can barely tell in the final product other than the glaze is a bit reluctant to stick. Still, if you’re looking for an easy and impressive dessert, this is just the ticket.

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