Sopapilla Cheesecake

Make your own crust or use a tube of crescent dough to make this delicious cheesecake.

Ingredients

For the dough:

• 1 cup milk, microwaved to 110°F
• 2 1/2 tsp rapid rise yeast
• 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 1/4 – 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Make the dough. When finished, split into two balls and roll each out into rectangle, about 1/4″ thick. Cut to 13″ x 9″ rectangles.

Press one of the rectangles into a greased 9×13 pan and leave the other on the counter, covering both with a towel.

Let rest/rise for 1 hour.

For the filling:

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the topping:

• 6 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

• Preheat an oven to 350°F.
• Beat the cream cheese with the sugar and vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.
• Stir the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar together with the cinnamon in a small bowl. Pour a little bit of the melted butter (about 1-2 T) and cinnamon sugar onto the bottom layer of the dough already in the 9×13 dish.
• Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture into the baking dish, then cover with the remaining piece of dough.
• Drizzle the rest of the melted butter and then the cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the top of the cheesecake.

• Bake in the preheated oven until the crescent dough has puffed and turned golden brown, about 45 minutes. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into 18 pieces.
• Serve chilled.

Adapted from http://www.jackandmandy.com/blog/2013/02/from-scratch-sopapilla-cheesecake-no-pillsbury-crescent-rolls/