Easy Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Easy Sopapilla Cheesecake is made with crescent roll dough, cream cheese, sugar, cinnamon and melted butter. A deliciously easy dessert!
A SIMPLE CINNAMON SUGAR DESSERT
I absolutely love the sopapillas. Sopapillas are basically light and fluffy fried dough that’s been rolled in cinnamon sugar. They are amazingly delicious when drizzled with honey! Around here we jokingly call them sofa pillows. My Grandma actually made these when she visited us years ago and I’ve been making them her way ever since!
TIPS FOR MAKING SOPAPILLA CHEESECAKE BARS:
- If you can find the crescent roll dough sheets, they will be a lot easier to use here since you won’t have to push the seams together.
- For a richer flavor, try using a combination of white and brown sugar.
- Try serving these with a little honey or chocolate or strawberry syrup drizzled on top!
- Leftovers should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a maximum of 3 days.
- If you like lemon flavors, try my Lemon Cheesecake Bar recipe that is made similarly!
- Leftovers can also be frozen but the texture of the crescent roll dough might be a bit soggy once they defrost.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- refrigerated crescent rolls – if you can find the crescent roll dough sheets, I would purchase those since it makes it a bit easier and you don’t have to worry about pinching the seams together.
- cream cheese – it is really important that the cream cheese is softened to room temperature. If not, it will not whip up smooth and you’ll end up with a bunch of lumps you can’t get out.
- sugar – I like to use regular white granulated sugar but you could also use brown sugar here too for more depth of flavor since brown sugar has molasses in it.
- vanilla extract – you can play with the extract flavors here if you like. I think maple or even a butter extract might be a fun switch.
- salted butter – it might seem weird to use salted butter in a sweet dessert but the tad bit of saltiness is a nice contrast of flavor to all the sweetness.
- sugar and cinnamon – you can purchase the cinnamon sugar that is already combined instead of mixing it together yourself. Whatever is easiest for you here!
HOW TO MAKE SOPAPILLA CHEESECAKE BARS:
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (I like the kind that has flour in it.) Unroll one tube of crescent rolls and layer in bottom of pan, pressing seams together.
In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until blended.
Spread cream cheese mixture over bottom layer of crescent rolls.
Layer remaining crescent rolls on top. Drizzle with melted butter. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
Bake, uncovered for 30-40 minutes, until golden brown. Cut into 12 squares. And serve.
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Originally published: February 2012
Updated photos and republished: April 2021
Easy Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients
- 2 (8 ounce) tubes refrigerated crescent rolls (or crescent roll dough sheets)
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 Tablespoons salted butter, melted
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Spray a 9 x 13- inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (I like the kind that has flour in it).
- Unroll one tube of crescent rolls and layer in bottom of pan, pressing seams together (unless you are using the crescent roll dough sheets.
- In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract until blended.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over bottom layer of crescent rolls.
- Layer remaining crescent rolls on top, pressing seams together (again, not necessary when using crescent roll dough sheets.)
- Drizzle the top with melted butter.
- Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake uncovered for 30-40 minutes, until light golden brown.
Video
Notes
- Please refer to my FAQ’s and ingredient list above for other substitutions or for the answers to the most common questions.
- If you can find the crescent roll dough sheets, they will be a lot easier to use here since you won’t have to push the seams together.
- For a richer flavor, try using a combination of white and brown sugar.
- Try serving these with a little honey or chocolate or strawberry syrup drizzled on top!
- Leftovers should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a maximum of 3 days.
- Leftovers can also be frozen but the texture of the crescent roll dough might be a bit soggy once they defrost.
Nutrition
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Elizabeth
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I love Gooseberry Patch cookbooks and this one would be ideal to win since it has shortcut recipes that saves time to get food on the table quicker.
Elizabeth
elizabedu3@aol.com
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It's a shame that the comments for the Sofa Pillow Cheesecake have been hijacked by the Cookbook Contest. But, I'm going to leave a review anyways…
I've just made these and they're amazing! The house smells like cinnamon toast from when I was a kid. Each person who tried it rolled their eyes in delight. I was forbidden to ever make them again because they are THAT GOOD (but not very good for you). I used brown sugar in the filling and mixed my cinnamon & sugar together before sprinkling it on top (didn't read the recipe well). I need to figure out how I can do this in single serving sizes. Maybe use a large biscuit cutter.
Did I mention that this was AMAZING? *sigh* I'll never be the same…
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