Filipino Cheese Bars are my childhood favorite and it’s an amazing feeling that I get to make them myself.
I couldn’t remember when was the first time I tasted these, but I am pretty sure that it was during grade school. I used to buy these from our school canteen along with the cakey brownies that I also got to make from home few years back.
Back then, these Filipino Cheese Bars were wrapped in a colored cellophane (they’ll make you fee that it’s Christmas season😊). We use to call it “water cellophane”. These days, they are placed in a box with individual liners. Well, that’s what I observed.
Anyway, let me tell you about these Filipino Cheese Bars.
The taste: One of the main ingredients is condensed milk which makes the cheese bars sweet, but they are not overly sweet. In fact, you can taste the condensed milk more than the cheese. However, since we use a great amount of cheese here, then we named them cheese bars.🤔😅
The texture: The bars are dense and chewy. You may notice that the batter is thick – that’s okay, it will work at the end.😊 I used a 9×9 baking pan, it gave me about 1 inch thick bars – just the way I love them.
The recipe is very easy to follow, too. These are best served with coffee or tea. And oh, this is similar to the Filipino Cheese Cupcakes I made before.
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I am taking these with me at Angie’s Fiesta Friday #325. Thank you to our co-host this week, Mollie @ Frugal Hausfrau.
Filipino Cheese Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup (210g) white granulated sugar
- 1 egg at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (105g) softened unsalted butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 can of 14 oz condensed milk
- 2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
- More grated cheedar cheese for topping
Instructions
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Preheat the the oven to 350 F and grease a 9×9 baking pan.
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In a bowl, add sugar and egg. Beat until fluffy.
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Add softened butter, vanilla extract and condensed milk; beat again until just combined.
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In a another bowl, add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix and add this to the wet ingredients. Beat again until just combined, making sure not to overmix. Add the grated cheese and fold this into the mixture.The batter will be thick – it’s okay.
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Pour the thick batter to the greased baking pan. Spread evenly using a rubber spatula. Add more cheese on top.
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Bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
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Remove from the oven and let cool completely before removing from the pan and cutting.
Recipe Notes
You may use a parchment paper hanging on the sides of the baking pan for easy removal later on, but you still need to grease the pan and parchment paper.
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