Favorite Cheesecake Squares

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup sugar, brown packed
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar, granulated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup smarties candies or 3/4 cup m&m's plain chocolate candy

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 beat margarine and brown sugar till light and fluffy.
• 3 add flour and walnuts; mix well.
• 4 reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture; press remaining crumb mixture into bottom of 8" sqaure pan.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• 6 combine cream cheese (nuke for 15 seconds to soften), garnulated sugar and vanilla; mixing at medium speed and electric mixer till well blended.
• 7 add egg; mix well.
• 8 layer 1/2 cup smarties or m&ms over crust; top with cream cheese mixture.
• 9 combine remaining candy, chopped and reserve crumb mixture; mix well.
• 10 sprinkle crumb mixture over cream cheese mixture.
• 11 bake at 350 degrees, 20 minutes.
• 12 cool.