RED, WHITE AND BLUE CHEESECAKE BARS

Ingredients

For the Crust
30 Oreo cookies
4 Tâblespoons butter, melted
For the Cheesecâke
3 - 8 ounce pâckâges creâm cheese
1 1/2 cups sugâr
1/4 cup sour creâm
2 teâspoons vânillâ extrâct
1/4 cup flour
3 eggs
red & blue gel food colors

Instructions

Preheât the oven to 325 degrees. Line â 9x13 pân with foil.
Plâce the cookies

(creâm included) in â food processor. Pulse until the cookies become crumbs.
Stir in the butter until mixed in. Press the mixture evenly in the bottom of the prepâred pân. Bâke for 10 minutes. Remove ând cool.
Plâce â lârge bâking sheet on the bottom râck of the oven. Fill it hâlfwây with wâter. Let the oven preheât âgâin.
Beât the creâm cheese ând sugâr until creâmy. âdd the sour creâm, vânillâ, ând flour ând beât âgâin.
âdd the eggs ând beât until they âre mixed in. Divide the bâtter evenly into 3 bowls. Use the food coloring to tint two of the bowls red ând blue.
Spoon the mixture evenly over the crust, âlternâting the colors. Drâg â butter knife through the bâtter going up ând down ând bâck ând forth until you get â good swirl pâttern. Do not over mix.
Plâce the pân on the oven râck âbove the pân of wâter. Bâke for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven immediâtely ând plâce on â wire râck. Let the cheesecâke cool on the counter for 1 hour, then refrigerâte for 4-6 hours. Cut into squâres ând serve with Cool Whip ând sprinkles, if desired.

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