espresso cheesecake bars

"this recipe combines my two loves...coffee and cheesecake..."

2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4 cup soft margarine

2 cups flour

1 cup chopped nuts (opt)

Mix together and reserve 1 cups crumbs. Press the rest of it into 9 x 13" pan.

2 8oz cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar (or a bit more if using espresso powder in copious amounts!)

2 eggs

1/4 cup milk

2 Tbsp (or more!) espresso powder dissolved in--

2 Tbsp water

1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350F. Beat cream cheese till smooth. Add remaining ingredients. Beat well. Spread on crust and top with remaining crumbs. Bake until lightly browned approximately 1/2 hour. Cool. Cut. Enjoy.

This is soooo good, I simply canNOT leave it alone. THAT'S not good!!!