Lemon Cheesecake Bars

 My family loves cheesecake but with a macaroon crust?  I never heard of anything so wonderful so I'm making it over the coming weekend.  I think it sounds marvelous and it appears so easy and using a 8x8 inch pan makes it even better. Plus it has a macaroon crust.  How can you not like it?  Yum

 If you don't know what to make for a dessert this holiday try this easy lemon cheesecake. I think you'll find it to be easy and that will take some stress off the holiday crunch of "what will I make for dessert"?

Note:  I crushed one macaroon and sprinkled it on top.  I don't think I should have. :(.  We'll see how much crunch it has.  

1 1/2 cups soft coconut macaroon cookie crumbs
2 T margarine, melted
2 pkgs. cream cheese softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 T. fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 cookie to crumble to sprinkle on top if desired.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix crumbs and margarine. Press firmly onto bottom of greased 8 inch square baking pan.

Beat cream cheese, sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer until well blended.  Add eggs one at a time beating until well blended after each addition.  Pour over crust.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until center is almost set.  Cool.  Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.  Cut into 16 bars.  Store in refrigerator.


I like to serve a little lemon something with our holiday meals.  Lemon is light and not as filling as say Chocolate but if you like chocolate here's a great chocolate cake to add to your dessert menu and it has cherry pie filling in it.  Moist and not too rich.   A nice touch for dessert...Enjoy!  The link is posted below.

Drizzle icing over cake while warm

Here's the link to this cake...Chocolate Cherry Cake

Chocolate Cherry Cake 

Thick and Hearty Chicken Cheese Soup!

 On a cold damp day this recipe seems like something we would enjoy. I haven't had a chance to make it yet but I wanted to pass it your way!  Happy Cooking!


2 carrots shredded
4 green onion chopped
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
1- approx. 10 oz. can chicken broth
1 can chunk chicken drained
1 cup cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. black pepper

In a medium saucepan, cook carrots and green onion in hot butter or margarine until tender but watch not to brown.  Stir in flour.  Slowly add milk, chicken broth, Worcestershire sauce and pepper. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.  Stir in chicken and cheese.  Cook over low heat until cheese melts.  Serve hot.

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Nate's Pineapple/Cheese Croissants!

Nate, our grandson, was over today and he wanted to bake. 

We went to the store and started thinking what  to bake (bad timing).  The place was a madhouse! 

 He loves pineapple and cheese so we decided we try our luck and create an easy version of a croissant.. No such luck!  

There wasn't any pineapple pie filling so I we to make our own and we also experimented with a croissant type Pillsbury Roll using refrigerated Pillsbury  Big Buttery Crescent Rolls as the dough ..  

For a spur of the moment creation I was impressed..They were so good!!  

He and my hubby devoured them !!!  I had enough of the cheese filling left to make some mini cheesecakes as well.

 All of this was experimentation!! 

 Thanks to Nate wanting to bake with me we made some delicious croissants.

 Here are the pictures and the recipe( I didn't measure too well and kind of fudged a lot but this is my recollection..  

The Crescent Rolls worked wonderful!!!! Enjoy!!!!!!!!! 

1  4 oz. cream cheese softened
1 egg yolk(preferred)
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
*1/2 cup flour
*You can eliminate flour unless you are adding the whole egg.

Beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and vanilla until smooth..Add flour and beat until creamy..Set aside

Over low heat in a pot put pineapple juice and cornstarch..Whisk until smooth and thickened..Add crushed pineapple and cool..  
Note: or buy a can of pineapple pie filling to save some time.

He took each croissant and cut off points and rolled it to the shape he wanted.

Fill with a light amount of pineapple and cheese and bake at 375 degrees approximately  10 minutes.

Pretty good for the first time! 

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