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Lemon Cheesecake Bars

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 3/21/18Updated: 12/02/20

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Lemon Cheesecake Bars are amazing!  These babies are going to become your favorite lemon bar ever!!

Check out these delicious lemon recipes, Delicious Lemon Ice Cream. my favorite Lemon Cream Cake, easy Lemon Drop Cookies

and this unforgettable Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

lemon cream cheese bars on a serving dish Today’s recipe for Lemon Cheesecake Bars are a favorite of my family and just about everyone who tries them. It is a not to be missed recipe, so if you like lemon you need to make these bars!

lemon cream cheese bars dusted with powdered sugar

I recently made them for the Tea Party Bridal Shower I hosted because every good tea party should have a good lemon bar.  Lemon Cheesecake Bars are not your ordinary lemon bar. They are something special.  A layer of cheesecake like filling takes these lemon bars far and above your regular old lemon bar.

lemon cheesecake bars on a serving dish

How to make Lemon Cheesecake Bars

First, you make a shortbread like base.  After baking it, you cover it with a cheesecake layer and bake again.

Next, you add the lemon layer on top.  Pour this layer gently!  As you will see from my photograph I wasn’t gentle and it caused the cheesecake layer to separate.  But they still taste fabulous! lemon cheesecake bars step by step

After the final layer is baked give it a nice generous sprinkle of powdered sugar to hide any flaws and just to make it look pretty!
dusting lemon cheesecake bars with powdered sugar

I received this recipe from one of my wonderful blog readers.  When  Rachel shared it with me, she promised me they would become my new favorite lemon recipe.  And boy was she was right.  The cheesecake layer makes for a much creamier and yummier lemon bar!

lemon creamcheese bars

Best Tools for Making Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

Because I love lemons so much and cook and bake with them a lot having the right lemon tools is important.

First – the microplaner. I love this tool.  It is a long, small grater type tool.  You use it to “zest” a lemon which basically means grating the lemon rind.  Fresh lemon zest adds great flavor to recipes.

Second – you will need a lemon juicer.  I use this handy little hand juicer – it quickly and easily squeezes all the juice out of the lemon.  I got mine for a couple of dollars at Ikea but both of these tools can be found at any kitchen shop or even Target.

You are going to want to use fresh lemon juice, not that fake stuff that comes in the green bottle at the grocery store for the recipes I will share with you so get juicing!

lemon cheesecake bars on a tea party table

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Lemon Cheesecake Bars Recipe

4.58 from 38 votes

Lemon Cheesecake Bars

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Delicious lemon bars with a layer of smooth cream cheese will make these you new favorite lemon bar.
serves: 24 slices
Prep:10 minutes
Cook:25 minutes
Total:35 minutes
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Ingredients

Crust:

  • 3/4 cup butter chilled
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. salt

Cheesecake:

  • 8 oz. cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbsp. milk
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Lemon Layer:

  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup flour

Instructions

Crust:

  • Preheat oven to 325 F
  • Cut butter into pieces.
  • In a food processor (or blender on low, pulse setting) Process all ingredients until mixture becomes tiny and fine pieces.
  • Sprinkle mixture into a 9 x 13 baking pan and press evenly into bottom of pan.
  • Bake for 12 minutes and remove from oven.

Cheesecake Layer:

  • In medium bowl, blend cream cheese until smooth.
  • Then add sugar and mix well.
  • Cream together the rest of the ingredients until smooth.
  • Pour cheesecake evenly over hot crust.  Pour slowly and gently, a little at a time.
  • Bake 15 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and reduce oven temperature to 300.

Lemon Layer:

  • In a bowl whisk together eggs and sugar until combined well.
  • Stir in lemon juice and flour.
  • Pour gently and smoothly over semi-baked cheesecake.
  • Bake at 300 for 25-30 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and sprinkle powdered sugar over top if desired.
  • Cool for an hour and then refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 225kcal (11%) Carbohydrates: 31g (10%) Protein: 3g (6%) Fat: 10g (15%) Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) Cholesterol: 59mg (20%) Sodium: 116mg (5%) Potassium: 55mg (2%) Sugar: 21g (23%) Vitamin A: 355IU (7%) Vitamin C: 3.2mg (4%) Calcium: 23mg (2%) Iron: 0.8mg (4%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
Keyword:lemon, lemon bars, lemon cheesecake
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  1. Marabelle Tong says

    Posted on 12/6 at 6:17 am

    Temperature in recipe is in degree Celsius or Fahrenheit?

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  2. Marabelle says

    Posted on 12/2 at 3:59 am

    Are the measurements for temperature in Deg Celsius or Fahrenheit?p

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 12/2 at 6:47 am

      Farenheit

      Reply
  3. Marabelle Tong says

    Posted on 12/2 at 3:45 am

    The temperature mentioned is in Fahrenheit or deg Celsius? 🙂

    Reply
  4. Gail says

    Posted on 10/29 at 9:10 am

    I have made these bars a lot and taken them to church functions. I did change a couple of things, which I think made them more lemony. I did lemon extract instead of vanilla. I also added a can of lemon frosting instead of powdered sugar…. OH MY GOD!!! I have been almost run over by ladies and guys who want the recipe… One Guy, who is a friend of ours, says they are DEATH by LEMOM!!! He even called me after his mom died and asked if I would make them for her funeral, of course I said yes… I have given out lots of the recipe to friends with my changes… My daughter who loves lemon says they are to sweet for her with the frosting on top. thanks for sharing this recipe, I found it online and tried it… I never come home with any bars left, they wash my pan!!!

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  5. Marge Labman says

    Posted on 9/11 at 12:12 pm

    I am baking these now. After 27 minutes at 300° , per the recipe, the lemon layer has not set. I’m cooking it at 325° for another 15 minutes.

    Reply
  6. Vicki says

    Posted on 5/12 at 12:49 pm

    when you sprinkle powdered sugar on top. Did it ever absorbed into them? When I did, that’s what happened.

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 8/25 at 3:26 pm

      Let them cook before sprinkling it on.

      Reply
  7. Carol says

    Posted on 4/27 at 5:09 pm

    if substituting regular sugar for the brown sugar, would you use the same measurement?

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 4/27 at 5:20 pm

      I have never substituted white for brown in the recipe but it should work fine, you might end up with a crisper cookie base

      Reply
  8. Alissa Abad says

    Posted on 4/26 at 1:35 pm

    I just made the lemon cream cheese bars! I am blown away how easy and amazing these are!!!! These are, for sure, going to be a regular in my house! Thanks for sharing!!!!

    Reply
  9. Trash DeFalco says

    Posted on 4/22 at 11:38 pm

    I finished the bars last night and as soon as they were chilled, I could not wait till morning to try them!
    They were better than I had anticipated, truly fabulous! These will definitely be my ‘go to’ dessert from now on! Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 4/23 at 7:22 am

      I am so glad you loved them too – they are heavenly!!

      Reply
  10. Sandi says

    Posted on 4/17 at 2:28 am

    Definitely double the cheesecake layer! I doubled the cheesecake layer and baked it an extra 5 minutes (total of 20 minutes for that layer) so that it formed a skin on top. I had NO trouble with the layers mixing together. Very yummy!

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