Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars Recipe
These lemon-blueberry cheesecake bars are a perfect little dessert for spring and summer! So raise your hand if you love cheesecake! I thought so! When the slightly tart, creamy filling punctuated with sweet ripe blueberries sits on top of a buttery, crunchy graham cracker crust? Well, then it jumps right to the top of the chart!
Blueberries are beautiful, but they don’t have a ton of flavor on their own. That’s why the tartness of lemon complements them so perfectly! We think you’ll agree; this lemon–blueberry combination is practically addictive! Make some today!
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
Cool, creamy lemon-blueberry cheesecake atop a sweet, buttery, crunchy crumb crust.
Ingredients
- 10 full sheets of graham crackers (Or 1 1/2 cups if using pre-packaged crumbs)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 6 Tbsp melted butter
Filling
- 2 8-ounce blocks of cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup sugar
- Juice from one lemon (about 3 Tbsp)
- Zest from 2 lemons
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups of fresh blueberries or frozen blueberries (Do not defrost)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. Extend the parchment paper over the sides so you can lift out the chilled bars.
- Prepare the crust:
- Use a food processor or blender to crush the crackers into fine crumbs. Add the butter and sugar to the crumbs and pulse until the mixture resembles brown sugar.
- Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of the pan.
- Bake for 5 minutes and set aside to cool.
- Prepare the filling:
- Beat the cream cheese at medium speed until smooth.
- Add the egg, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes.
- Gently fold in the blueberries.
- Spoon filling evenly over the crust.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the cheesecake has set up and the edges slightly browned.
- The bars will be puffy but will sink as they cool.
- Cool for 30 minutes at room temperature, then refrigerate the pan for three hours or more.
- Lift the parchment paper out of the pan and cut the bars into squares.
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