Enjoy a Taste of Spring with Lemon Cheesecake Crumble Bars
These delicious Lemon Cheesecake Crumble Bars are a great dessert option. Easy to make with a burst of lemon that evokes thoughts of spring.
Springtime came early to Alaska in 2016.
The snow has been gone from our yard for a few weeks compared to most years with piles of snow until mid to late May.
Warmer weather has me wanting things that are a bit lighter than the cold weather food I tend to make even into April.
I thought it would be nice to enjoy a taste of spring with Lemon Cheesecake Crumble Bars.
I will admit it was partly my frugal nature that opted to test these out.
For my husband’s recent birthday, my aspiring chef baked a batch of cheesecake brownies which necessitated my purchasing a large brick of cream cheese.
Rather than let it go bad, I decided to try the lemon cheesecake crumble bar recipe that came with the container.
However, the boys requested that I not top it with blueberries.
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Lemon Cheesecake Crumble Bars
Making the Lemon Cheesecake Crumble Bars is super easy and uses readily available ingredients.
The recipe lists a yellow cake mix.
If you are eating gluten-free, just substitute with a gluten-free yellow cake mix and you should be set to go!
You can probably play around with sugar substitutes.
But for this round, I left it with organic sugar cane.
Personally, I am working on trying to do more from scratch and hope to figure out a homemade cake mix, both with and without wheat flours.
The different mixing steps can be done using either a hand or stand mixer.
I opted to use my Bosch Universal Plus Mixer with the heavy duty cookie paddles (metal driver instead of plastic!).
A quick swipe of the interior of the bowl partway through the mixing process allowed everything to incorporate well.
For making my batch of these delicious bars, I used a metal 9 X 13 pan.
Mine actually has marks on the side to show you where to cut to get up to 32 bars from your pan.
Just make sure that you are using a Nylon Dessert and Bread Knife if you do this in the pan!
Otherwise, you can eyeball it after removing the large bar from the pan.
I elected for the second option for the batch photographed for this post.
Lemon Cheesecake Crumble Bars
Bursts of lemon compliment the creamy cheesecake bars. Perfect for springtime dinners and events.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 pkg. yellow cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1 lb. cream cheese; softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp. lemon zest
- 3 Tbsp. lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Use aluminum foil to line a 9 X 13 pan so that some of the foil comes over the lip.
- In a large bowl (or the mixer's bowl), add melted butter, dry cake mix, and 1 egg. Beat with mixer until blended. Press 2/3 of this dough onto the bottom of the prepared pan. Set the other 1/3 of the dough aside.
- In the now empty large bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until blended. Add the other egg, the lemon zest, and lemon juice. Mix well. Pour over the crust.
- Using your fingers, press the remaining dough into small pieces. Firmly push them into the cream cheese layer leaving spots open.
- Bake 55 minutes to 1 hour, testing with a toothpick for when it is done. Allow to cool in the pan. Remove from the pan by holding onto the foil. Cut into small bars (I did 7 cuts lengthwise and then 4 cuts widthwise for mine.)
- You can lightly dust with powdered sugar if desired. Fresh berries make an excellent accompaniment OR alternatively you could top the cheesecake layer with berries before baking.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
32Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 153Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 191mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 0gSugar: 11gProtein: 2g
What types of desserts make you think about Spring?
Is a Lemon Cheesecake Crumble Bar something your family would enjoy?
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More Spring Themed Foods and Crafts
For more spring posts, visit a few of my favorite bloggers:
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- Strawberry Lemonade Mojito Mocktail by How Was Your Day?
- How to Make an Easy Broken Pot Succulent Container by Simply Southern Mom
- Butterfly Sun Catcher Craft by Kids Fun Reviewed
- Easy Strawberry Cream Pie by Mom Does It All
- Bird Nest Brownie Bowls Recipe by Sugar Spice and Family Life
- Vegan Rice Krispie Treat Tiger Lillies by Beyond Mommying
- Coffee Filter Butterfly Accessories by Mommy Snippets
- Spring Paper Butterflies Craft by Family Focus Blog
- Pineapple Kiwi Smoothie Bowl by Upstate Ramblings
- DIY Flower Loop Hair Bow Tutorial by Savvy Saving Couple
This post was originally published on Apr 14, 2016 and has since been updated.
A new recipe to try this spring. Can’t go wrong with cheesecake.
My favorite flavor combination is lemon and cream cheese (or greek yogurt or sour cream) I would love to try this!
these lemon cheesecake crumble bars look so good. I love lemon
These look delicious. Thank you for linking up to Good Tips Tuesday. You will be featured this week.
Wow what simple recipe!! I absolutely love Lemon anything and cheesecake…lets just say who doesn’t love cheesecake!! This is totally going to ruin all my good intentions of sticking to my diet!!
I do love cheesecake. That looks like an amazing treat!
My boys all gave them a thumbs up. Personally, I liked the addition of a few fresh raspberries to the one I ate.