Easy Lemon Cheesecake Bars

These double lemon cheesecake bars are the perfect combination of sweet and citrus! Made with an easy graham crust and topped with two layers of lemon! Perfect make-ahead recipe and freezer friendly

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Keyword bar, bar recipe, cheesecake, citrus, cream cheese, lemon, lemon cheesecake

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Chill Time 1

Total Time 1 50

Servings Bars

Calories 314kcal

Author Jesseca

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Bars:

1/4 cup butter melted
3/4 cup finely crushed graham crackers
1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1½ (8 oz) package cream cheese softened
2/3 cup sugar
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1½ teaspoons lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Curd Topping:

3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon zest about one lemon
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 cup butter cubed

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Instructions

For the Bars:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Mist a 9×9 square pan non-stick baking spray. Set aside.
Stir the butter, graham crackers, flour, and 2 tablespoons of sugar together with a fork. Press into the bottom of you prepared pan. Bake for 8 minutes or until light brown.
Cream together the cream cheese and 2/3 cup sugar until combined and fluffy. Add the eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla to the bowl and slowly mix until fully incorporated. Pour over your warm crust,
Bake 30 minutes or until the center looks like it has set. Cool until room temperature and refrigerate for at least 2 hours if not overnight.
Once cooled, top with homemade or store bought lemon curd. Recipe can be found below in the recipe card.

For the Lemon Curd Topping:

Combine all of the ingredients into a medium saucepan.
Cook over low/medium heat until thickened, making sure to whisk the entire time cooking.
Cool slightly before spreading onto your cooked and cooled cheesecake bars.
*For lemon cheesecake bars in a 9×13 cook only 20 minutes. This will give you a slightly thinner bar vs the thicker version of the 9 inch pan.

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Notes

Optionally: You can use store bought lemon curd.

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