Vanilla Recipe − Rainbow Vanilla Cheesecake Cookie Bars

Vanilla cheesecake cookie bars with a swirl of rainbow colors is a perfect dessert to serve for any party or event. It is easy to customize it to any theme. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 30 vanilla sandwich cookies (such as Golden Oreos®), crushed
• 2 (12 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 ⅓ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 drop red gel food coloring, or as needed
• 1 drop orange gel food coloring, or as needed
• 1 drop yellow gel food coloring, or as needed
• 1 drop green gel food coloring, or as needed
• 1 drop blue gel food coloring, or as needed
• 1 drop violet gel food coloring, or as needed

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. Press crushed cookies into the bottom of the prepared pan to make the crust.
3. Beat cream cheese and sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, sour cream, flour, and vanilla extract; beat until combined. Spoon 1/2 the batter into the prepared crust.
4. Divide remaining batter evenly into 6 bowls. Add red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet food colorings separately to individual bowls until desired colors are achieved. Spoon colored batters onto the plain batter in a random pattern and swirl gently with a knife.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until center jiggles just slightly, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on the counter for 2 hours. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours; cut into 24 squares.

Nutrition Facts

• calories212.7
• carbohydrateContent23.1 g
• cholesterolContent51.4 mg
• fatContent12.2 g
• fiberContent0.2 g
• proteinContent3.4 g
• saturatedFatContent6.3 g
• sodiumContent127 mg
• sugarContent12.6 g