"If you choose to bake only one cookie from this collection, make it these bites. The crisp cookie base provides the perfect contrasting setup to the luscious caramel-flavored dulce de leche?caramelized milk?hidden under the creamiest cheesecake layer. The final snazzy drizzle of dulce de leche is not essential, we know, but it makes the bites downright irresistible...."
INGREDIENTS
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uttery Sugar Cookie dough recipe
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20 ounces jarred or canned dulce de leche at room temperature (see Cooks' Notes)
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2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
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2/3 cup sugar
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3 large eggs
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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Special equipment:
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A 13- by 9-inch baking pan; small offset metal spatula (optional but so helpful); disposable pastry bag (optional)