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Two pieces of Sopapilla Cheesecake with a golden, crackly cinnamon-sugar topping and creamy filling.

Sopapilla Cheesecake Recipe

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course desserts
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 12
Calories 227 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cans crescent rolls
  • 2 8 ounces packages cream cheese room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar divided
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350° F and spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Roll the pastry out and lay it in the bottom of the greased baking dish.
    Thin, uncooked pastry crust in a white baking dish ready for baking.
  • In a large bowl, use an electric hand whisk to blend the cream cheese, vanilla essence, and 1 cup of sugar together until soft and smooth. Spoon it all onto the pastry and spread it out until it is even.
    Fluffy vanilla cake batter in a white baking dish before baking.
  • Place the other pastry sheet over the cream cheese mix.
    Baked Bree, pastry dough in a baking dish ready for baking, on a marble countertop.
  • Pour the melted butter over the top. 
    Rich, creamy lemon custard filling in a white baking dish for lemon bars.
  • Mix the remaining sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle evenly on top.
    Cinnamon sugar coating on a dessert layer in a white baking dish.
  • Place in the center of the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, until the pastry is puffed up and the sugar on top is brown and crackly. Allow it to cool and serve.
    A slice of Sopapilla Cheesecake with a creamy filling and golden-brown cinnamon-sugar topping.

Nutrition

Calories: 227kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 2gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 1287mgFiber: 0.1g
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