Meyer Lemon Cheesecake Bars
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Meyer Lemon Cheesecake Bars

Easy to make Meyer lemon cheesecake bars! Serve them in a dessert buffet or style them as individual dessert plates.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword lemon cheesecake bars
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Chilling Time 5 hours
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 16
Calories 215kcal
Author Urvashee (adapted from Kraft Foods)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup crushed vanilla wafers
  • 1 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • 3 eggs divided
  • 16 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1 ¼ cups sugar divided
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons flour
  • ½ Tablespoon Meyer lemon zest
  • 2 ½ Tablespoons Meyer lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 Tablespoon corn starch
  • ¼ cup water

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325F. Line an 8x8 pan with foil, with the ends extending over the sides.
  • Mix the wafer crumbs with the melted butter until blended. Press the mixture into the bottom of the pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool.
  • Separate 1 egg white and refrigerate the yolk (covered with plastic) until ready to use. In a large bowl beat the cream cheese, ½ cup sugar, flour, zest, 1 Tablespoon of juice, and vanilla until completely smooth. Mix the egg white and remaining 2 eggs one at a time on low speed.
  • Pour the batter over the crust and bake 40 minutes or until the center is set. Cool 1 hour. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
  • Mix the corn starch and remaining sugar in a saucepan. Gradually stir in water and remaining lemon juice until blended. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat while stirring constantly. Cook until thickened.
  • Beat the yolk in a bowl until blended. Stir in 1-2 Tablespoons of the hot cornstarch mixture. Return the yolk mixture to the rest of the corn starch mixture and stir until blended. Cook for 1 minute while stirring constantly. Cool slightly.
  • Spoon the lemon glaze over the cheesecake. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Use the foil handles to remove the cheesecake from the pan.
  • Cut into squares and wipe the knife between cuts to get clean squares.

From dessert to dessART

  • Create a clean line of wafer crumbs down the middle of a plate by covering the sides of the plate with either a paper napkin or parchment paper. Sprinkle the crumbs and gently lift the napkins away.
  • Cut two of your cheesecake squares into triangles and space them out onto the wafer crumbs.
  • Spoon blueberry compote in between the squares
  • Use a straw to suck up some of the juice from the compote and gently squeeze the straw like a dropper to create two drops of juice on either side of the wafer line.