Deep-Dish Cheesecake Coffee Cake

Breakfast or dessert? You decide...

3 cups Bisquick
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted

1 8oz pkg. cream cheese, softened
2 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 cup strawberry preserves
garnish: strawberries

1. Combine first 4 ingredients; stir vigorously 30 seconds. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 4 or 5 times. Pat dough evenly into bottom and up sides of an ungreased 9-inch square pan.

2. Combine cream cheese and next 3 ingredients in a mixing bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour batter into paan, and bake at 350 for 40 or 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes.

3. Spread preserves over top; cut coffee cake into squares to serve. Garnish, if desired, and serve warm.