lemon-blueberry cheesecake bars

Name: Lemon-blueberry cheesecake bars
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) or more, as needed crushed reduced-fat graham crackers, crushed into crunmbs or buy the box of already crushed crackers if you can find them; 2 tablespoon(s) sugar; 1 teaspoon(s) grated lemon zest; 1/4 cup(s) unsalted butter, melted; 2 - 8 oz pkgs reduced-fat cream cheese, softened; 2 large eggs; 2 tablespoon(s) grated lemon zest; 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 1-1/2 cup(s) blueberries, i used wild blueberries, frozen; 1/4 cup(s) lemon juice; 1 cup(s) packed light brown sugar; 3/4 cup(s) flour; 6 tablespoon(s) cold unsalted butter

64 Pinches

sherry monfils

worcester, MA

Updated on Nov 10, 2013

I may have already placed this recipe here, but can't find it, so I'm doing it again. The lemon really brings out the delicious flavor of the blueberries and oh so creamy!

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prep time 1 Hr 20 Min

cook time 50 Min

method Bake

yield 9 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup or more, as needed crushed reduced-fat graham crackers, crushed into crunmbs or buy the box of already crushed crackers if you can find them
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 - 8 oz pkgs reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
1/2 cup sugar
1-1/2 cup blueberries, i used wild blueberries, frozen
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup flour
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter

How To Make lemon-blueberry cheesecake bars

Step 1

Heat oven to 325, line an 8"-square baking pan w/ foil and spray w/ cooking spray. In bowl mix cracker crumbs, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp grated lemon zest and melted butter until combined. Press mix into bottom of pan. Bake 10 mins, let cool.

Step 2

In lg bowl, beat cream cheese, eggs, 2 tbsp lemon zest, lemon juice and 1/2 cup brown sugar until smooth. Pour cream cheese mix over crust.
Step 3

In small bowl, mix remaining brown sugar, flour and cold butter, ( you may want to cut the butter up first, ) mix w/ fingers until crumbly. Sprinkle over cream cheese mix. Bake 35-40 min, or until center is almost set, it will jiggle lightly when moved. Refrigerate 1 hr to set. Cut into 9 bars.
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