Blueberry Cheesecake bars

These incredibly simple Blueberry Cheesecake Bars are a no-fail way to enjoy your favorite dessert. Rich and creamy cheesecake swirled with blueberries served on a graham cracker crust. This will absolutely become your new favorite dessert.

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Keyword bars, blueberry bars, cheesecake, cheesecake bars

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Chill Time 2

Total Time 1 50

Servings

Calories 211kcal

Author Jesseca

Ingredients

Crust

1/4 cup butter melted
1 sleeve graham crackers (about 9 full sheets) crushed finely

Cheesecake

8 oz cream cheese softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons milk
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup blueberry jam or fresh blueberries

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Crust

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line an 8 inch baking pan with parchment paper for easy removal and lightly mist with baking spray. Set aside.
Combine the melted butter with the crushed graham crackers in a small bowl. Mix to combine.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and press firmly into an even layer on the bottom.
Bake for 8 minutes to help the crust firm.

Cheesecake

For the cheesecake, combine the soft cream cheese and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Use a stand or hand mixer to whip until the ingredients have combined and become fluffy, roughly 1 minute.
Stir the lemon juice, milk, and vanilla extract into the cream cheese mixture and continue to stir until smooth, about 30 more seconds.
It's ok if there are a few small lumps from the cream cheese.
Add the eggs, and stir on low speed until only just combined.
Pour the batter over the baked crust.

Blueberry layer

Option one: Sprinkle the top of the cheesecake with fresh of frozen blueberries.
Option two: Drop small spoonfuls of berry jam over the top of the cheesecake. Use a toothpick, or the pointy end of a knife, to gently swirl into the cheesecake batter. Make sure you don't press too hard into the crust.

Bake

Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until the center of the cheesecake looks like it has set.
Remove the bars from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Once to room temperature cover and transfer to the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
Cut and enjoy!

Notes

Use room temperature ingredients. This ensures your batter will come together quickly and evenly while mixing.

Try not to overmix the batter. Over mixing a cheesecake batter is what leads to cracking. I recommend using a hand mixer (affiliate).

Mix up the berries you use for other fun cheesecake bar variations!

I used a graham cracker crust. You can easily substitute wafer cookies or even Oreo's.

Watch closely. This cheesecake is done in 30 to 45 minutes.

Cool completely before moving to the refrigerator.

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