Sopapia Cheese Cake

[Lorelei Longshot]

For those of you who are cheese cake lovers.

Sopapia Cheese Cake
3 8 oz. packages cream cheese
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix above ingredients. (Hint: portable mixers struggle to mix these ingredients)

3 cans crescent rolls (2 if you use the new giant cans)
Grease 9 x 13 pan.
Use 1 1/2 cans of rolls on bottom of pan.
Pour cream cheese mixture over rolls.
Layer other 1 1/2 can rolls on top of mixture.
Melt 1 stick of butter or margarine.
Pour melted butter over top and sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Bake at 350 for approximately 30 minutes.

Good served hot or cold.

[Iona Vaquero]

Oh my gawsh, that sounds tdf. As an added bonus it sounds really easy. I'm going to have to try that one for sure.

[Ida Hands]

OMG! That looks GREAT! Uh oh.... the supermarket is calling me..:go

[Lady LaSalle]

Ok this is the most evil recipe that I have ever had the misfortune of reading and then trying................and then trying it on my friends at work..............and then my family.................and then the girls' school...............it's evil I tell you, evil! You can't stop making this once you start. It's all bad! Who is responsible for this?!:gg

[Lazy K]

Oh, making it isn't the problem. You can't stop EATING it once you start. I hate to cook but I made this last week. Oy! We ate half of it then took the other half to a friend. Yum!

[Iona Vaquero]

It has become my staple for pot lucks and company. They all think I've slaved over it and everyone just loves it.

Thanks for the recipe.

[Kitty Phann]

Will have to try this for my birthday treat.

[Jessie Lyn]

Why oh why did I read this one?:crazy :bhd :crazy

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Why oh why did I read this one?:crazy :bhd :crazy

The same reason I did.....because we are cheesecake addicts and we couldn't stop ourselves!!:faint

[Lorelei Longshot]

Glad y'all have enjoyed it.
Yes, it is very easy to make, but people think you have slaved in the kitchen for hours to make it.
Yes, once you make it, you tend to make it again and again because it is so easy and delicious.
The hard part is not eating all of it when you do make it.:w2

["H"]

Gave recipe to the wife. She fixed for a women's group at church tonite. Got rave reviews. Thanks

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I've got one of these in the oven right. You'll have to ask Bloomin' Yankee and Catawba Kate how good it was tomorrow evening.

[Bloomin']

:faint:drool:tban

[Catawba Kate]

Ohhhh it was luscious!!!! Since it's apple season I think I'm going to slice and cook some apples with sugar and cinnamon and pour it over this cheesecake. I'll be making it soon!!!:drool

[Bloomin']

Fannie brought this lusciously-evil dessert to the Guns of Autumn shoot yesterday. Yep, that's my verdict ---- evil :droolevil:droolevil:drool. Blackheart gave it his highest thumbs up and a hearty WOW!! That's the highest praise from him!!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Bulls Head is already asking when I'm going to make this dessert again!!! Thank you so much for posting this recipe, it is fabulous!

[Singing Bear]

Ummm. Anyone try this as low fat/sugar free? :faint Yeah, well, overweight and with type 2 I gotta get "creative". :help Okay, I guess I'll try it out and see how it goes. I know they have low fat crescent rolls and fat free cream cheese :ug and we got a big bag of Splenda in the cupboard. Maybe less butter on the top :snifles and use crystalized cane juice and cinnamon. <sigh> That apple idea sounds just capital. Maybe peaches or cherries too. :drool

[Lady LaSalle]

Make it and tell us how it turned out!:tban

[Singing Bear]

Make it and tell us how it turned out!:tban
Whoa! That is really good! Here's what I did.

I only used 2 tubes of low fat crescent rolls, 2 blocks of fat free cream cheese, 1 1/2 cups of Splenda, 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

I creamed the cheese, Splenda and vanilla till smooth. Btw, a hand mixer worked just fine with these ingredients. I guess the "fat free" also means it's a bit softer than the real cream cheese.

I used a 7 1/2 x 11 pan. Used one roll of crescent rolls on the bottom, spread the cheese cake mixture and laid the other crescent roll over that. Poured almost 1/2 block of butter and spread crystalized cane juice and cinnamon over the top layer. Baked at 350 for 30 minutes.

Came out really tasty, but have to admit I'd like a more flaky crust. Gonna try filo (sp?) next time and a BRUSH with the butter. Even that half block was a lot.

SO, for us that need to watch the fat and sugar intake, this will work just fine. Don't be afraid to experiment. Gonna keep this one for the holidays. :drool

[Kitty Phann]

Great minds think alike, SB! I tried this too but a reduced fat version. Did everything the same except reduced fat crescents, reduced fat cream cheese and instead of vanilla and sugar used vanilla sugar ( use a can jar filled with sugar and put in 5 vanilla beans and let sit for a couple of months) and just brushed the top of it with butter and sprinkled cinnamon/sugar mixture.

Took it to a family picnic and just bought home the empty pan. I was asked for the recipe by 4 relatives at the picnic.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

This is my new favorite recipe!! I made this for our family get together on Christmas day and everyone loved it!!! My Mom and sister both asked for the recipe.

[Aspen Filly]

OMG that sounds scrumpcious!!! And I've got 4 cans of crescent roles left in the frig. from Christmas!!!! BYE:go

[Lorelei Longshot]

I made it for the Brazos Rangers December shoot, and it was a hit. Then I made it for Christmas Eve, and everyone loved it also. I've started using my food processor since my portable mixer wasn't strong enough. I also found when using the 50% larger cans of crescent rolls, you only needed 2 full cans.

I'm so glad everyone enjoyes this recipe. Thanks for the compliments.:ty

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I did try a variation on the recipe this time. When I went to the grocery store on the 23rd they were out of crescent rolls, so I bought the cans of breadsticks instead. I used the breadsticks on the bottom and crescent rolls on the top. The breadsticks bake up thicker than the crescent rolls. Bulls Head says he likes it better this way, so I'll do breadsticks as the bottom crust and crescent rolls as the top crust from now on.

[Aspen Filly]

Well I baked them and their delicious!!!! How long do they last stored in the frig????

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Well I baked them and their delicious!!!! How long do they last stored in the frig????

I've never had one last longer than 2 days!:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

[Lady LaSalle]

2 days? Geesh! They don't even last 2 hours in my house!:lool

[Lady Fleur]

Ok i caved it is baking NOW!

[Lizzie Marie]

I'm going to make them today for the "Freeze yur buns" shoot tomorrow...there is a chili/potluck afterwards....

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

ohhhhh no ohhhh no oohhhhhnoooooooo:go

There are reasons I dont read these threads!!! :go

I LOVE CHEESECAKE!

[Lizzie Marie]

OK....this was one of the easiest, yummiest desserts ever.....and all of the cowboys loved it....

[Kitty Phann]

Made it again! Was a huge hit!!! Tried the beadsticks on the bottom. Worked out fantasic. Thanks everyone for the various twists to this recipe.

[Dixie McCan]

Oh goodnite! I gotta figure if the Alley loves it . . . so I made it last night. OMG! My hubby described it as a wonderful, warm sticky bun without the bun. He loved it, and he is the pickiest person! I loved it and can hardly wait to try it cold!:ty:ty:ty

[Ima Schofield]

My Mom made it and took it to a square dance. Nothing left to take home.

She said next time she make it she's going to try the puff pastry sheets by Pepperage Farms( usually in the frozen dessert section of the store). YUMMY!!! Won't make it here. Lumpy doesn't like cheese cakes and I'll end up eating it all by myself.

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

or you could invite me over to help you...you know if you melted enough chocolate on it, I bet Lumpy would eat some too!:gg:rofl:go

[Four-Eyed Buck]

I love cheese cake, Ima:beg

[Chris Brooks]

:help I presume crescent rolls are the same as croissants - am I right ? I can't find them in cans. I know we used to be able to get the Pilsbury ones here, but I haven't seen them in years, & the fresh ones are so high in saturated fats they're just not healthy. Would brioches serve the purpose ? :help

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Chris,

Canned biscuits would work. I used canned breadsticks once because the store was out of crescent rolls. (Crescent rolls are miniature croissants.)

[Ima Darlin']

I love CHEESECAKE so I have to try this one...

[Mississippi Rose]

Well, well, well....... Yep, I broke down and made this today. The rain makes ya do things you wouldnt normally do and the cream cheese was SCREAMING to me from the fridge!!!!!

My stars, this is yummy and I doubt it last past tomorrow
(I did 1/2 the recipe since its just the 2 of us)

I will be making this again and probably next time adding the apples or some other fruit to it but apples sound like they would go with this GREAT!!!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Bumping this back up for Tornado Alli and Jeff! :bump

[Lizzie Marie]

Bumping this back up for Tornado Alli and Jeff! :bump

I'm thinking one of the NC belles should make this and bring it to the motel for our girls weekend....please and thank-you :lalala:rofl

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I'm thinking one of the NC belles should make this and bring it to the motel for our girls weekend....please and thank-you :lalala:rofl

How about if this SC Belle makes it and brings it to the hotel?

[Miss Ruby]

Can anyone recommend any substitutes for canned biscuits, canned crescent rolls or canned breadsticks?

We don't have any of these at all and I have no idea what they actually are!!!

:ty:ty:ty

[Catawba Kate]

Can anyone recommend any substitutes for canned biscuits, canned crescent rolls or canned breadsticks?

We don't have any of these at all and I have no idea what they actually are!!!

:ty:ty:ty

Ruby can you find any frozen pastry dough? We can buy puff pastry or sheets of pastry dough and frozen pie crusts too. The crescent rolls that we get here in cans have a light buttery taste to them. They are very light and a bit fluffy when baked. That's what you want to look for. Have you ever had French croissants? That is what they are.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Ruby, here is what the crescent roll packages look like and we buy them in the refrigerated section of the supermarket:

http://storage.kanshin.com/free/img_37/372809/k64869197.jpg

[Clancy]

Fannie,:drool:drool

Unfortunately( and fortunately for our hips) OZ and NZ dont seem to have anything like this. Biscuits as you call them , we cant buy in cans, the closest we get is a scone and you normally make them from scratch and they are a lot denser. Biscuits and gravy are un heard of, unless you eat at our place.

Biscuits here are your cookies, but we also have cookies too...

Ruby as Kate said crossaints may work, or lots of puff pastry.

[Mississippi Rose]

Clancy, I know it would be so much more work BUT I did find a recipe for the rolls.
http://www.here-now.org/downloads/food/crescent_rolls.pdf
I hope this works. LOL too bad we cant send you some but they have to be refrigerated.
Maybe I need to come there and visit and COOK!!!!

Here is another recipe. This one looks easy enough. http://home.att.net/~abbaskids/crescentrl.htm

[Lizzie Marie]

How about if this SC Belle makes it and brings it to the hotel?


Yes please and thank you :tban:drool:tban just don't eat it Thursday night.....we won't be there :lool

[Lady Leigh]

I made this receipe with Puff Pastry the second time I made it, and I think I like it better that way! It looked elegant, and tasted wonderful! I also served it with cherry pie filling ... yummmmmmm!

[Miss Ruby]

:tban Puff pastry I can do!!! :tban:ty

[Vintage Modiste]

I love this Cheese Cake!!!! Thank’s Fannie for getting me hooked! :tban

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee52/vintagemodiste/a75d70d6.jpg

[Hugh Damwright]

Uggs...I am now on the bandwagon... I made my first one Thursday, and my second one Sunday. Guess I'll hafta keep one in the fridge just in case now.

:help

[Hugh Damwright]

Okay, I've been experimenting with this recipe and it has went over very well (NO leftovers). Instead of topping it with cinnamon, I have tried a can of blueberry pie topping and also tried a can of cherry pie topping. I left off the stick of butter when using these.

[Vintage Modiste]

Okay, I've been experimenting with this recipe and it has went over very well (NO leftovers). Instead of topping it with cinnamon, I have tried a can of blueberry pie topping and also tried a can of cherry pie topping. I left off the stick of butter when using these.

Sounds Great!!!!!:drool

I have been experimenting with it as well! I have tweaked it into a low sodium version. I used Mascarpone cheese(Italian Cream Cheese), reduced the sugar to 1 cup, and added 1/4 teaspoon of pure almond extract. You can leave out the almond, if it’s not to your taste.

If your on a low sodium diet, this is a real treat!!!!!

[Petticoat Betty]

Okay, I finally figured out all the ingredients and the measurements, we are used to the metric system over here and don't measure in cups, spoons and such.
I have made my shoppinglist and I am going to have a go at this cake this afternoon...

It just sounded too delicious to not try.
Will let you know how it turned out.

[Lady LaSalle]

Evil, evil cheesecake..................have you noticed that this thread won't die???? I think it's possessed!

[Iona Vaquero]

Are you sure it's the thread and not us? The next time I make it, I'm going to figure out a way to add some chocolate. I'm sure that wouldn't take it over the top if a cube of butter didn't.:rofl:rofl:rofl

[Lady LaSalle]

That would be easy................add chocolate chips to the cream cheese then drizzle melt chocolate on the top after it bakes. Duh!

[Iona Vaquero]

Yeah, that's easy, but I have some of those Heath pieces in the cupboard too. So that makes it a soppapeia (who cares how it's spelled) chocolate toffee cheesecake.

Is it over the top yet? Nah.

[Lady LaSalle]

Not until you add fresh whipped cream and caramel!:lool

[Iona Vaquero]

Hhhmmmmmm. Now it's just getting good!!!

[Lady LaSalle]

You could add nuts..........pecans maybe, even pralines. Do you like your nuts with chocolate?:lool

[Cherokee Cass]

I think it's good with a some raspberry sauce drizzled on top along with a few scraped chocolate curls...:drool

Sauce and chocolate curls on the side works for us since some prefer it without the extras. The basic recipe is wonderful... has become one of my fav's for "bring a dessert" gatherings.

CC

[Jady]

So that makes it a soppapeia (who cares how it's spelled)...

I just call it "Soppy Cheesecake"! Much easier!

[Petticoat Betty]

Wow, this is easy to make, and boy oh boy is it wrong to eat!!!
I like like like it very much, but the next time I will make it less sweet.
I did put in some blueberries in the cheesemixture, that gives a bit of fresh sweetness to it, but I think half the sugar will be more than enough for my liking!
It will go on my favorites list tho!:drool:drool:drool

[Tiffers]

We have a chocolate shop that I like to visit from time to time......they have these rum soaked raisins which are chocolate covered. Added to this dessert I think it might turn into something which will blow my tastebuds apart!! :drool:drool

TIffers

[Grizzly 'n Stitchin]

Ingredients :hny:hny yummy

1 elephant (medium size)
1 rabbit (optional)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Cut elephant into bite sized pieces; this takes about 2 months :lool. Add enough brown gravy to cover. Cook over kerosene fire at 465 degrees. Serves 3800 persons. For those who dislike elephant stew :drool, the rabbit may be added -- but only if necessary because most people don't like hare in their stew. :rofl

[Ima Darlin']

m'mmmm!

[Lorelei Longshot]

Made it again this weekend for Texas Butterbean, her husband, Ham Hocke, Laz, and our friend Manassas Jack while we were at Jail Break 2009, the SASS Texas State Championship Match.

Had forgotten how easy and delicious it was. We added Blue Bell homemade vanilla ice cream and boy was it good.

[Claire Lee I. Dunmist]

You know I've lost 50 lbs this year, each pound a hard fought battle and I still have a lot to lose. How am I supposed to do that when this is so :cnsr good?!?!

I saw the recipe a couple months ago and thought I'd wait for a potluck to try it out, now I'm glad I did wait otherwise I'd have blown up by now. Geez, people! It took me all of 5 minutes to put together, 30 minutes to cook, and that is a dangerous thing--fast, delicious cheesecake!

This is so evil!

[Lorelei Longshot]

Glad you enjoyed it. I'm thinking of putting cherry pie filling on the top instead of the butter/cinnamon/sugar topping.

I never thought this recipe would be so popular. I almost didn't post it, but finally decided to share it with everyone since it was so easy and delicious.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Making this today so we can have it at the Victorian Tea Party tomorrow.

[Lorelei Longshot]

I just found something that will make baking this even easier. Pillsbury now has crescent roll dough without the perferations(spelling?) (you know the little cuts so you can tear apart the triangles and roll into crescent rolls). No more having to mess with the triangles tearing apart. Should be easier to place in the pan.

I found it in the Randalls/Safeway store here in Houston, TX. Haven't looked at Wal-Mart or Kroger yet.

[Velvet Glove]

YAAAYYY!! I just split this recipe into 2 pans as I new I would only be feeding 9-10 people at each event! SUCH a hit! They know how I am about my cooking, so they all thought I had spent HOURS making this dessert! LOVE it!!!

I have to agree with the rest of the alley, though, :cnsr you for making cheesecake so EASY!!!!!!!!:rofl:lool

Velvet

[Auntie Bellum]

We had snack this morning for our Sunday School class and I made this. It was a real hit.

We have a gentleman in our class that is the head chef at a large Christian conference center near the church and he was at one time in the running for the White House chef. Before it even got cut, everyone was so impressed with the dish, they were sure he had made it. His wife let it be known that it wasn't his dish and that I had made it. And there were raves about how good it was.

I never let them know how easy it was to make. I know I'll be making this again and again just like everyone else has said.

I did use reduced fat rolls and light cream cheese and it was still wonderful.

OK, does anyone else see the humor in that sentence? "reduced fat rolls" So are they just little fat rolls instead of a spare tire?

Again, many thanks for sharing.

AB