Lemon Cheesecake Bars | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• ***For the crust:***
• 2 cups vanilla wafer cookies
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• ***For the cheesecake filling:***
• 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 lemon, zested
• ***For the cookie layer:***
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 11 ounces white chocolate morsels