Lemon Swirl Cheesecake Bars

This is a delicious use of lemon curd. It makes a sweet, but lemon-y cheesecake dessert. If you’d like to take a short cut, you can use store-bought lemon curd or homemade canned or frozen lemon curd. If you do this, you’ll want to use 1/2 cup of the prepare lemon curd in place of the lemon curd recipe above. Either way, you’ll be sure to impress everyone with your lemon swirl cheesecake bars!

Enjoy! ~ Kelly

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Lemon Swirl Cheesecake Bar

Yield: 16

Author: Kelly

Prep time: 1 H & 30 MCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 2 Hour

Rich cheesecake bars swirled with a delicious lemon curd.

Ingredients

Lemon Curd

• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tablespoons butter, sliced

Crust

• 1 cup vanilla wafer cookies, crushed
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Cheesecake Filling

• 12 oz cream cheese
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 Tablespoons lemon zest
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3 Tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 Tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 large eggs

Instructions

1. To make the lemon curd, combine the egg yolks, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and salt into a small saucepan. Whisk together over low heat until the curd has thickened. Whisk constantly. It will take about 15-18 minutes.
2. Once the lemon curd has thickened, remove the saucepan from the heat and whisk in your sliced butter. Place lemon curd into a small bowl and allow to cool before using.
3. Preheat the oven to 350º F. Grease a square 8 inch glass baking dish.
4. To make the crust, combine the vanilla wafer cookie crumbs, flour, butter, and salt. Blend together using a pastry blender, a fork, or your hands. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
5. Bake the crust for 10-12 minutes.
6. To make the cheesecake filling, place the cream cheese in a large bowl. Beat until soft and creamy.
7. To your cream cheese, add in the sugar, lemon zest, sour cream, lemon juice, flour, and vanilla. Beat together until combined.
8. Beat in your eggs, one at a time. Mix until just combined, being careful not to over mix the filling.
9. Pour the cream cheese mixture over your crust and spread into an even layer. Then drop the cooled lemon curd by the spoonful over top of the cream cheese filling. Use a butter knife to swirl the lemon curd around the filling.
10. Place a pan of water on the bottom rack of your oven. Then bake the bars for 30-35 minutes or until the cheesecake is set.

Notes

ALTERNATE CRUST

If you don't have vanilla wafer cookies you can substitute them using flour and sugar. Use 1 and 1/4 cup flour mixed with 1/4 cup sugar instead of the vanilla wafer cookie and flour measurements in the ingredient section. The measurements for the butter and salt remain the same.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

252

Fat

18 g

Sat. Fat

10 g

Carbs

20 g

Fiber

0 g

Net carbs

19 g

Sugar

12 g

Protein

4 g

Sodium

218 mg

Cholesterol

91 mg

*Nutritional Information is estimated