Bright lemony cheesecake bars with fresh blueberries on a Golden Grahams™ cereal crust -- perfection!
Blueberry-Lemon Cheesecake Bars
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 3 hr 45 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Crust
- 3 3/4 cups Golden Grahams™ cereal
- 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
Filling
- 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon peel
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- Powdered sugar, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray.
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Step2In food processor, place cereal; cover and process until finely crushed. In medium bowl, mix crushed cereal and brown sugar with fork. Stir in melted butter until well blended. Press cereal mixture evenly in bottom of pan. Bake 14 to 18 minutes or until set. Cool 10 minutes.
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Step3In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar and lemon peel with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, scraping down side of bowl occasionally. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until just blended. Beat in lemon juice. Stir in blueberries. Spread filling evenly over cooled crust.
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Step4Bake 18 to 24 minutes or until filling is set. Cool 30 minutes on cooling rack. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until cooled completely. Cut in 6 rows by 4 rows. When ready to serve, sprinkle powdered sugar on top of bars.
Nutrition
160
Calories
11g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
13g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 17%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 31%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 45mg
- 15%
- Sodium
- 160mg
- 6%
- Potassium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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