Name: Blueberry Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 18 Arnott’s Marie crackers (150g) or 16 Graham cracker squares (8 full sheets) (Note 1); 100 g / 3.5 oz unsalted butter , melted; 2 tbsp sugar; 320 g / 12 oz Philadelphia cream cheese , softened; 1 tbsp plain flour; 1/3 cup sour cream; 1 cup / 220 g white sugar , superfine or caster is best; 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; Zest of 1 lemon; 2 eggs , at room temperature; 250 g / 8 oz (~1 3/4 cups) blueberries (2 Aust punnets); Icing sugar / confection sugar , for dusting (optional); 18 Arnott’s Marie crackers (150g) or 16 Graham cracker squares (8 full sheets) (Note 1); 100 g / 3.5 oz unsalted butter , melted; 2 tbsp sugar; 500 g / 16 oz cream cheese , at room temperature; 2 eggs , at room temperature; 1 tbsp lemon zest; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3/4 cup white sugar (165g); 1 1/2 -2 cups fresh blueberries; Icing sugar / powdered sugar , for dusting; 18 Arnott’s Marie crackers (150g) or 16 Graham cracker squares (8 full sheets) (Note 1); 100 g / 3.5 oz unsalted butter , melted; 2 tbsp sugar; 500 g / 32 oz cream cheese; 1 cup icing sugar / powdered sugar (confectionary sugar); 2 cups thickened cream / heavy cream; 1 tbsp lemon zest

Blueberry Cheesecake Bars for the weekend! Blueberries and cheesecake are a match made in heaven. I like making them in bar kind – although much less spectacular trying than a towering cake, it’s a lot simpler to serve.

I’ve THREE variations so that you can select from – a No Bake cheesecake made with out gelatine, a baked creamy one, or a light-yet-creamy New York Cheesecake cheesecake model. That is an epic submit!

Blueberry Cheesecake Bars!

I child you not, I believe I made a couple of dozen batches of cheesecake bars over the previous 6 weeks or so since blueberries began showing within the shops right here in Sydney.

With most savoury recipes, the minor distinction in cup and teaspoon sizes between US vs remainder of world doesn’t have an effect on the recipe. However with many candy baking recipes, it does. And I have such a cling up about ensuring that I share recipes that can work for everybody, irrespective of the place on this huge huge world you’re cooking my recipes, I take a look at them repeatedly, simply to verify.

Nonetheless, even with repeated testing, I nonetheless don’t often make a recipe a dozen occasions. The explanation I did so on this case is as a result of my style testers couldn’t agree which model they like higher, so I saved making them repeatedly….

Me, by textual content: “Are you certain you like the New York model one?? As a result of Carolyn and her youngsters positively choose the creamier baked one. 1000%.”

“Ada prefers the fluffier one! She is completely lifeless set on it.”

“Mum! Are you able to drop by tomorrow to do some style testing?? I want you to inform me which cheesecake you like!”

“OK, I’m bringing each baked ones all the way down to the park tomorrow. I want ultimate choices at the moment!”

This might have gone on for some time, however fortunately, my pal Ada got here up with a really wise suggestion:

“Why don’t you simply share all of the recipes? Let individuals select?”

Duh. 🤦🏻‍♀️ In order that’s what I’m doing.

Here’s a shut up at every of the three completely different Blueberry Cheesecake Bars I’m sharing at the moment.

1. CLASSIC Baked Blueberry Cheesecake Bars – gentle but creamy, with comfortable blueberries within the filling. These are baked and so they maintain their form at room temperature so you’ll be able to even eat it along with your arms. This Cheesecake is a basic baked cheesecake filling, tailored from my Traditional Baked Cheesecake. It’s just like the New York and Japanese cheesecakes. Non-obligatory to make use of blueberry topping as a substitute of getting blueberries within the filling.

2. CREAMIER Baked Blueberry Cheesecake Bars – The filling for that is creamier than the Traditional model, however positively not dense. These are additionally baked so that they maintain their form at room temperature however the filling does soften quicker than the Traditional ones. To allow them to be eaten along with your arms however there’s a medium danger of mess. 🙂

3. NO BAKE Blueberry Cheesecake Bars – The best and quickest of the three, that is creamy and wealthy however not dense as a result of the cream cheese is lightened up with cream. It’s richer than the 2 baked variations. That is made with out gelatine which suggests it must be served chilly / cool in any other case it softens. This can’t be eaten along with your arms.

I made this one with a blueberry topping – you’ll be able to simply fold blueberries into the cheesecake should you choose.

Australia! Blueberries are so loopy low cost in the meanwhile, and I completely promise you, Blueberry Cheesecake is a spectacular means to make use of them!!! Creamy cheesecake with comfortable bursts of blueberry on a buttery biscuit base….simply pure heaven.❤️ – Johnsat x

PS All of the recipes beneath have the selection of utilizing a blueberry sauce topping or having blueberry within the cheesecake filling. The blueberry sauce on prime seems spectacular and positively provides an additional factor of “wow” to the cheesecake, however the bars are very messy if eaten along with your arms!