223 cheese food recipes

Savory Southwestern cheesecake appetizer with cream cheese, sharp cheddar, taco seasoning, and green chiles. Topped with sour cream and salsa, served with tortilla chips.

No-cook layered Tex-Mex dip with mashed black beans, fresh avocado, spiced sour cream, cheddar, tomatoes, and olives. A crowd-pleasing party appetizer.

A tall, creamy New York cheesecake on a buttery graham cracker crust, topped with a glossy homemade strawberry glaze. Dense, rich, tangy, and everything a real NY-style cheesecake should be.

These cute wicked cupcakes will definitely impress your kids and the friends, and they are delicious!

A showstopping bundt cake with a hidden mint cream cheese swirl inside and a drizzled chocolate-mint glaze on top. Semi-homemade with devil's food cake mix.

Red velvet cake with buttermilk and vinegar baked in three layers, topped with cream cheese pecan frosting. An oil-based cake with a tender crumb and classic tangy finish.

California ricotta cake: devil's food cake layers brushed with orange liqueur, filled and frosted with sweet ricotta whipped with cream, orange zest, almonds, and chocolate chips.

Tender rolled sugar cookies made with Neufchatel cheese, brown sugar, and butter-nut flavoring. Cut into shapes and decorate with a simple powdered sugar icing. Great for holidays.

Peppermint candy cookies with a buttery walnut shortbread shell hiding a pink cream cheese filling inside. Rolled in crushed peppermint and powdered sugar after baking.

No-yeast beer bread with cheddar cheese, scallions, and sesame seeds. A quick bread loaf that needs no kneading or rising, just stir and bake.

Flaky freezer biscuits: yeast and baking-powder hybrid biscuits with buttermilk and cold butter. Make a batch of 30, freeze raw, bake fresh whenever you want hot biscuits.

Holley's classic cheesecake with a graham crust, dense sour cream filling, tangy sour cream topping, and a Grand Marnier-spiked hot fudge sauce. The crowd-pleasing dessert that tastes like a celebration.

This bread can either accompany or replace the Southwestem breakfast staple of refried beans topped with cheese or wrapped in a flour tortilla.

Use zucchini slices to replace lasagna noodles, which reduces lots of calories and carbohydrate, but it still tastes cheesy and flavorful. A great recipe to cook some seasonal zucchinis into a light yet delicious meal.

Lemon Almond Cheesecake with Biscotti Crust recipe

Heath bar mocha cheesecake: a coffee-spiked cream cheese filling on a chocolate cookie crust loaded with toffee bits, crowned with chocolate ganache and more crushed Heath bars. Coffee, toffee, and chocolate in one slice.