{"id":1451,"date":"2021-05-06T16:47:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T20:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2021-05-06T16:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T20:47:53","slug":"mocha-cheese-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/mocha-cheese-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Mocha Cheese Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chaya Ruchie Schwartz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo by Chay Berger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing like those indulgent Shavuos-morning treats (and cheats!).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yield: 1 9\u201dx13\u201d pan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Base:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 tablespoons butter, softened (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 cups dark brown sugar, packed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 eggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 tablespoons coffee granules, dissolved in 2\/3 cup boiling water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 cups flour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 teaspoons baking powder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bd teaspoon baking soda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheese mixture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 8-oz. container cream cheese (not whipped)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 egg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/3 cup sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add-ins (optional):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pillow Kliks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chopped dairy chocolate\u2014dark and white<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chopped pecans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dairy chocolate chips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and coffee and mix until combined. Add dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated. Spread batter in a 9\u201dx13\u201d pan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combine cheese mixture ingredients. Drop spoonfuls of the cheese mixture on top of the batter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bake for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove from oven and sprinkle add-ins. You may need to gently press them in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Return to oven for another 25 minutes or until set. Allow to cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cut into bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chaya Ruchie Schwartz Photo by Chay Berger Nothing like those indulgent Shavuos-morning treats (and cheats!). Yield: 1 9\u201dx13\u201d pan Ingredients: Base: 10 tablespoons butter, softened (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons) 2 cups dark brown sugar, packed 2 eggs 2 tablespoons coffee granules, dissolved in 2\/3 cup boiling water 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder \u00bd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[21],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceoflakewood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}