Its the time of year again, the strawberries are fresh and the lemon is bright and vibrant. This desert takes the best of both of those worlds and combines thin into these delicious strawberry lemon cheesecake bars.
These bars sit on top of a flaky and buttery shortbread crust, the cheesecake has a delicious lemon tart flavour and to top it off with the amazing strawberry sauce made fresh is exactly the combination you need this summer. on any time of year actually.
Ingredients you will need to make strawberry lemon cheesecake bars
- Flour
- Butter
- Icing sugar
- Lemon zest
- Salt
Strawberry sauce
- Strawberries
- Sugar
- Lemon zest
- Lemon juice
Cheesecake layer
- Cream cheese
- Egg
- Sugar
- Lemon zest
- Vanilla
How to make strawberry lemon cheesecake bars
1. Pre heat
pre heat oven to 350℉
2. Mix dry ingredients
whisk flour, icing sugar, salt and lemon zest in a large bowl.
3. Add butter
cut cold butter into cubes and drop into flour mixture, pinch butter into flour mixture with the tips of your fingers until mixture can be molded into a ball when squeezed.
4. Add mixture to the pan
pour mixture into an 8×8 pan lined with parchment paper and using the back of a measuring cup press down and pack the mixture into a crust evenly on the bottom of the pan.
5. Bake
bake in the oven for 15-20 min until slightly golden brown on the edges
6. Cut strawberries
dice strawberries until you have about a cup worth and add them to a medium sized sauce pan.
7. Add sugar and lemon
add sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest then place pot over medium heat stirring occasionally.
8. Simmer
cook for about 5 or more minutes until a sauce begins to form. simmer on low until it begins to thicken up.
scrape the bottom of the pan occasionally to prevent it from burning.
9. Cool
remove pot from the heat and allow to cool. additionally you can mash with a for, blend with an emersion blender or leave it as it. personal preference.
10. Mix Cheese cake layer
in a large bowl add softened cream cheese, lemon zest, egg, sugar and vanilla, using a hand beater whip everything together until it is all blended and fluffy.
spread the cream cheese mixture over the baked crust layer
11. Layer
spoon dollop of the strawberry sauce on top of the cheese mixture and using a small knife give it a quick swirl but do not mix together.
12. Bake
bake in the oven 350℉ for 20-25 min until the edges are cooked but the center is still a bit jiggly.
allow to cool completely before slicing.
Strawberry lemon cheescake bars
Equipment
- 8×8 baking pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup icing sugar
- ½ cup lemon zest
- ⅛ tsp salt
Strawberry sauce
- 1 cup fresh strawberries
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ½ tbsp lemon zest
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Cheesecake layer
- 1 pkg cream cheese
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ tbsp lemon zest
- ½ tbsp vanilla
Instructions
- pre heat oven to 350℉
- whisk flour, icing sugar, salt and lemon zest in a large bowl.
- cut cold butter into cubes and drop into flour mixture, pinch butter into flour mixture with the tips of your fingers until mixture can be molded into a ball when squeezed.
- pour mixture into an 8×8 pan lined with parchment paper and using the back of a measuring cup press down and pack the mixture into a crust evenly on the bottom of the pan.
- bake in the oven for 15-20 min until slightly golden brown on the edges
- dice strawberries until you have about a cup worth and add them to a medium sized sauce pan.
- add sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest then place pot over medium heat stirring occasionally.
- cook for about 5 or more minutes until a sauce begins to form. simmer on low until it begins to thicken up.
- scrape the bottom of the pan occasionally to prevent it from burning.
- remove pot from the heat and allow to cool. additionally you can mash with a for, blend with an emersion blender or leave it as it. personal preference.
- in a large bowl add softened cream cheese, lemon zest, egg, sugar and vanilla, using a hand beater whip everything together until it is all blended and fluffy.
- spread the cream cheese mixture over the baked crust layer
- spoon dollop of the strawberry sauce on top of the cheese mixture and using a small knife give it a quick swirl but do not mix together.
- bake in the oven 350℉ for 20-25 min until the edges are cooked but the center is still a bit jiggly.
- allow to cool completely before slicing.
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