easy blueberry cheesecake lemon cookie bars
Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese Cookie Bars I came up with this recipe for my love of lemon cookies and cheese cake. Lemon and Blueberry go so well together. The combination is delicious. Lemon cookie crust with Blueberry filling mingling with the lemon cheesecake. This is a great hand held cookie dessert. Keep a napkin handy! Enjoy!
prep time
15 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
16-20 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup butter chopped
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1-2 tablespoon milk as needed
- 1 - zest of a lemon
- CHEESECAKE
- 16 ounces softened cream cheese ( 2 packages)
- 2 - eggs
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 20 ounce cans blueberry pie filling
- OPTIONAL HOMEMADE BLUEBERRY FILLING
- 2 pints blueberries
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup sugar granulated
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh
- 1 dash cinnamon
How To Make easy blueberry cheesecake lemon cookie bars
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Step 1Optional homemade blueberry filling: Skip if using canned filling. Place water, sugar, cinnamon , lemon zest, and lemon juice in a saucepan with blueberries. Bring to a boil. Mix corn starch with 2 TBs water.until disolved Add to blueberry mixture. IStir constantly until mixture boils and filling has thickened. Remove from heat .Cool and Refrigerate.
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Step 2Heat oven to 350 degree's. Line a 9x13 inch pan with foil or parchment paper. Grease pan before lining. Spray or grease foil or parchment afterwards.
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Step 3Place butter, flour, powdered sugar, brown sugar and lemon zest in food processor. Pulse until dough comes together. Empty in to a bowl. If it is really dry. Add 1 tablespoon of milk and knead with hands until a nice smooth ball forms.
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Step 4Place dough in lined pan. Spread dough evenly with hands on bottom of pan and partly up the inside walls of pan. Bake for 10 minutes or until edges are just starting to brown. Do not over bake. It will bake more later. Remove from oven. Set aside to cool.
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Step 5In a bowl beat the cream cheese and granulated sugar together until smooth. Beat in 1 egg at a time. Beat until egg are incorporated. Add the lemon juice, lemon zest. Beat until mixed in, and mixture is fluffy. Pour over crust.
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Step 6Place spoonfuls of blueberry filling on top scattered. Run a knife through filling to swirl filing in. Do not hit crust with knife.
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Step 7Place in oven and bake about 30- 40 minutes or until cake is not jiggly. Test with pick. Cooll and cut in to squares and Refrigerate. You may top with more blueberry filling if desired. This is designed to be a hand held cookie dessert.
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Category:
Cakes
Category:
Fruit Desserts
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Tag:
#For Kids
Diet:
Vegetarian
Diet:
Soy Free
Keyword:
#cheesecake
Keyword:
#lemon
Keyword:
#blueberry
Keyword:
#Blueberry cheesecake
Keyword:
#lemon cheesecake
Keyword:
#Blueberry lemon
Ingredient:
Dairy
Method:
Bake
Culture:
American
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