Sopapilla Cheesecake

I saw this picture and started drooling over it. This was the perfect dessert following our Mexican dinner of chicken and black bean enchilada casserole. When I saw this recipe I thought "I hope this tastes as good as it looks." It was more than I could have expected. I was speechless when I took my first bite and my eyes rolled into the back of my head. In that moment I forgot about all other desserts I have ever tasted. Everyone that I have shared it with since have had a similar reaction. My sister was a taste tester the next morning and she said "OMIGOSH!" Then I said "I KNOW!" I love chilled cheesecake; I don't usually like it warm but this is the exception. It's even better warm, and that's saying a lot because it is divine chilled too. It has a sweet crunchy top and bottom. I thought after it chilled it would lose its crunchiness and it didn't all that much. This dessert is hard to not share but at the same time you want it all to yourself.

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Ingredients:

2 cans Pillsbury crescent rolls

2-8oz cream cheese (softened, room temperature)

1 1/2 cups sugar (divided)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp cinnamon

1 stick butter (1/2 cup real butter not margarine)

Directions:

SPRAY a 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray. Unroll and press 1 can crescent rolls into the bottom of your baking dish press the seams together.

BLEND in a separate bowl the cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla then spread over top of dough. Unroll the second can of crescent rolls and place on top of the cream cheese mixture pressing seams together again.

MELT butter and pour over top layer of crescents.

MIX the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar & cinnamon together. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture generously over the top.

BAKE at 350 degrees for 30 minutes until bubbly and bottom crust is slightly brown.

Gina's Tips: I only used ¼ cup butter to drizzle on the top and found that to be enough. I also used brown sugar instead of regular granulated sugar. "The Girl Who Ate Everything" suggests drizzling honey over it or strawberries and whipcream. I found it to be perfect by itself.