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Loaded Cream Cheese Cookie Bars with Animal Cookie Crust

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FedandZested's Notes: This recipe was born out of a desire to grab whatever my inner-kid felt like using to bake with at the supermarket. Animal Cookies? Check. Cream Cheese? LOVE. Sprinkles? Yes, please! Hence...
This recipe was born out of a desire to grab whatever my inner-kid felt like using to bake with at the supermarket. Animal Cookies? Check. Cream Cheese? LOVE. Sprinkles? Yes, please! Hence I started with an animal cookie crust, layered some cream cheese icing and topped the bars with cookie batter filled with white chocolate chips and sprinkles.

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Makes 1 Pan of Bars

Crust:

8 ounces animal cookies Ask a question about this ingredient

1 stick butter Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon honey Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon cinnamon Ask a question about this ingredient

Icing & Batter:

1/2 stick butter (for icing) Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 package cream cheese (for icing) Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 cup powdered sugar (for icing) Ask a question about this ingredient

1 and 1/2 cup flour Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 cup sugar Ask a question about this ingredient

2 eggs Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 stick butter (for cookie layer) Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon vanilla Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon baking powder Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 cup white chocolate chips Ask a question about this ingredient

sprinkles - to taste Ask a question about this ingredient

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Then crush the 8 oz. of animal crackers in a bag until fine and grainy. Pour into a bowl and add in the stick of melted butter, honey, and cinnamon to make crust. Stir and then place in the bottom of a baking pan .
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Then place the crust in the oven until its golden brown (I put it in there for approximately 10 minutes).
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Next, move onto the icing and take the 1/2 stick butter, 1/2 package of cream cheese and 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and stir mixture over low heat until melted together. Place in freezer or fridge for 5 or so minutes to cool slightly.
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While that is cooling you can make your cookie batter. Mix the flour, sugar, and baking powder together in a bowl. Then mix in the two eggs (lightly beaten together), vanilla, and butter (I use melted but not super hot so as to not effect the eggs too much.)
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Then add in the white chocolate chips and sprinkles to the cookie batter.
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Now comes the fun part – layering. You can really mix the cookie dough and the icing anyway you want. I thought it would be fun to have the icing layer in-between the crust and the cookie mixture so I spread it on very thinly right over the baked crust. Then I spread out the cookie dough in an even layer on top of the icing (careful or some of the crust will mix in).
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Place in oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
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