Black Forest Cheesecake Bars

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These are my own creation. I took a year and a half of baking and pastry at cc, but i still like my short cuts every once and a while. These are wonderful and quite easy. They are kind of messy though. Very rich!!

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Steps

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Heat oven to 350f.

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Combine chocolate cake mix , butter and 1 egg.

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Once mixed through add the chocolate chips and toasted almonds.

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It will resemble cookie dough.

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Line 12x 8x baking dish with dough.

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Bake for 8 minutes or until set , but not dark brown.

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Cream together the cream cheese , powdered sugar , 1 egg and vanilla.

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Pour cream cheese mixture over set crust and spread out evenly , but leaving a little room on the edges.

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Bake for 35 minutes or until cream cheese mixture is set.

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Let cool completely and pour your pie filling over the top.

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Spread the filling over evenly and cut bars.

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Ingredients

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chocolate cake mix, butter, egg, miniature semisweet chocolate chips, toasted almond, cream cheese, powdered sugar, bourbon vanilla, cherry pie filling