Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 34 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 34 cup blueberry preserves
- 34 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 12 cup packed light brown sugar
- 12 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl, whisk cream cheese until smooth and whisk in eggs, sugar and vanilla.
- Evenly spread preserves over hot shortbread and pour cream cheese mixture over it.
- Bake in middle of oven until slightly puffed, about 30 minutes.
- Cool completely in pan and cut into 24 bars.
- Bar cookies keep, covered and chilled, for 3 days.
- Shortbread base.
- 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour.
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar.
- 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- For Shortbread base, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut butter into 1/2-inch pieces.
- In a food processor, process all ingredients until mixture begins to form small lumps.
- Sprinkle mixture into a 13 x 9 x 2 baking pan with a metal spatula, pressing evenly onto bottom.
- Bake shortbread in middle of oven until golden, about 20 minutes.
cream cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla, blueberry preserves, unsalted butter, flour, brown sugar, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/blueberry-cheesecake-bars-313394 (may not work)