Description
Cheesecake bars topped with fresh, juicy blueberries and a crisp streusel topping.
Ingredients
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For the crust:
- 10 sheets of honey graham crackers
- 1/4 cup melted butter, salted
- 2 TB brown sugar
For the cheesecake filling:
- 16 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup crème fraiche or sour cream, room temperature
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
For the streusel topping:
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 4 TB cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Make the crust. Preheat the oven to 325F, line a 9 x 9 square pan with parchment paper and set aside. Pulse the graham crackers in a food processor until they are very finely ground. Alternatively, you can just crush them in a zip top bag with a rolling pin. If you do use a food processor, wipe down the insides of the bowl when you’re done, since you’ll be using the food processor to make the filling.
- Combine the crumbs, melted salted butter and brown sugar in a small bowl and mix well until combined. Evenly press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking pan and bake for 10 minutes.
- After you remove the crust from the oven, allow to cool completely. Leave the oven at 325 degrees while you make the filling.
- Make the filling. Add the cream cheese, sugar, sour cream and salt to the food processor bowl and pulse 3-4 times until smooth. Add one egg at a time and pulse to blend after each one. Add the vanilla and pulse a few more times until blended. Spread the filling onto the cooled crust and evenly sprinkle the blueberries on top.
- Make the streusel topping and bake the bars. Whisk the flour and brown sugar together in a small bowl, and use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in the oats and almonds until combined, and sprinkle evenly over the blueberries.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the middle of the bars only jiggle a little bit. Allow to cool to room temperature before refrigerating overnight.
- These bars can be refrigerated for up to a week.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 398
- Sugar: 19.2 g
- Sodium: 294.5 mg
- Fat: 24.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 10.9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 39.4 g
- Fiber: 2.8 g
- Protein: 6.3 g
- Cholesterol: 74.1 mg