Heavenly Cheese Slices
- Title
- Heavenly Cheese Slices
- Subject
- milk
- sugar
- yeast
- flour
- butter
- egg yolks
- cream cheese
- vanilla
- margarine
- powdered sugar
- Description
- HEAVENLY CHEESE SLICES
2/3 c. scalded milk, cooled to lukewarm
1 T. sugar 1 sm. cake yeast 2½c. flour
1c. butter 3 egg yolks, beaten
Dissolve sugar & yeast in milk & set aside.
Mix flour & butter with a fork, as for making
a pie crust. Add yeast & milk mixture to egg yolks &
mix well. Add all to flour--this makes a soft dough.
Divide into 2 parts. Roll out 1 part for the bottom
of a 12½ x 10½ x 1" pan. Spread on filling & cover
with other part of dough which has been rolled out
Back:
to fit over the top. Let rise 1 hour. Before putting
in oven, brush top with melted butter & then spread
on Streusel topping. Bake in 351 for 45 min or until
golden brown around sides.
Cheese Filling: 4 8oz. pkgs. cream cheese
2c. sugar, 2 egg yolks & 2 tsp. vanilla. Mix together
until smooth & spread over bottom layer.
Streusel Topping: ½c. flour, 1 c. sugar & ½c.soft
magarine. Blend to make crumbly topping, spread over
top layer & bake. After baking, drizzle icing made from
powdered sugar & milk pver top.
DO NOT SLICE FOR 24 HOURS!!!!
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# Heavenly Cheese Slices
## Ingredients
### Crust
- 2/3 cup scalded milk, cooled to lukewarm
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 small cake yeast
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup butter
- 3 egg yolks, beaten
### Cheese Filling
- 4 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix together until smooth and spread over bottom layer.
### Streusel Topping
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup soft margarine
Blend to make crumbly topping, spread over top layer and bake.
## Instructions
1. Dissolve sugar and yeast in milk and set aside.
2. Mix flour and butter with a fork, as for making a pie crust.
3. Add yeast and milk mixture to egg yolks and mix well.
4. Add all to flour — this makes a soft dough.
5. Divide into 2 parts. Roll out 1 part for the bottom of a 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1" pan.
6. Spread on Cheese Filling and cover with other part of dough which has been rolled out to fit over the top.
7. Let rise 1 hour.
8. Before putting in oven, brush top with melted butter and then spread on Streusel Topping.
9. Bake at 351° for 45 minutes or until golden brown around sides.
10. After baking, drizzle icing made from powdered sugar and milk over top.
11. Do not slice for 24 hours. - Source
- VTG Oak Wooden Recipe Box Dovetail Hinged Lid W/Handwritten Recipe Cards (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Handwritten recipe card
- Identifier
- RCA0001-20260508-0005
- Coverage
- Kansas, US
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Citation
“Heavenly Cheese Slices,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed June 28, 2026, https://recipecardarchive.com/items/show/333.