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Blueberry cheesecake squares with a creamy filling and fresh blueberries pattern, dusted with powdered sugar.

Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

Bree Hester
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Additional Time 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours
Course bars & brownies, Brunch treat, Dessert
Cuisine American, Spring dessert
Servings 9
Calories 394 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 8-ounce cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons orange zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Put the sugar, cornstarch, orange juice, and blueberries in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until it is thickened and has come to a bubble. Take off the heat and set aside.
    Blueberries, sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan for Blueberry Cheesecake Bars.
  • Put the flour, powdered sugar, and butter in the mixer and mix until it comes together.
    Mixing butter, flour, and powdered sugar for Blueberry Cheesecake Bars.
  • It will be crumbly.
    Crumbly flour and butter mixture for Blueberry Cheesecake Bars.
  • Press into a foil or parchment lined 9×13 pan. Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
    Pressing the crumbly crust mixture for Blueberry Cheesecake Bars into a foil-lined pan.
  • While the crust is cooking, cream together the cream cheese and sugar. Add the flour. Add the eggs, vanilla, and orange zest.
    Adding eggs, vanilla, and orange zest for Blueberry Cheesecake Bars.
  • Pour the cream cheese mixture over the hot crust.
    Creamy batter being poured into a baking pan for a homemade dessert or baked good.
  • Spoon the reserved blueberries over the cream cheese mixture.
    Fresh blueberry cheesecake in a baking pan with foil edges ready to bake.
  • Take a knife and swirl the blueberries throughout the cream cheese.
    Blueberry cheesecake bars baking in a foil-lined pan with swirled blueberries.
  • Put the pan back into the 350 degree oven and bake for another 20 minutes or until the bars are set.
    Blueberry cheesecake bars in a foil-lined baking dish.
  • Let the pan cool on a rack for an hour. Then put the bars back into the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.
    Blueberry cheesecake bars cut into squares on parchment paper.
  • Cut into squares and dust with powdered sugar.
    Blueberry Cheesecake Bars stacked and dusted with powdered sugar on a wooden surface.

Nutrition

Calories: 394kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 5gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gSodium: 178mgFiber: 1g
Keyword Blueberry cheesecake bars, Cheesecake with blueberries, Easy cheesecake bars, Fruit cheesecake bars, Homemade cheesecake bars, Spring dessert bars
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