Toffee-Top Cheesecake Bars

From Grandma's Cookie Jar cookbook.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 36 bars

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  cup confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 cup butter or 3⁄4 cup margarine, softened
• 8  ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
•  English toffee bits, divided

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Combine flour, confectioners' sugar, cocoa and baking soda in medium bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Press into bottom of ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes.
3. Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add sweetened condensed milk, eggs and vanilla extract; beat until smooth. Stir in 1 cup toffee bits. Pour mixture over hot crust. Bake 25 minutes or until set.
4. Remove from oven. Cool about 15 minutes.
5. Sprinkle remaining 3/4 cup toffee bits evenly over top. Cool completely. Refrigerate several hours or until cold. Store leftover bars covered in refrigerator.
6. Makes about 36 bars.