Blueberry Lavender Cheesecake Bars
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Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 9 bars
 
The elegant flavor combination of blueberry and lavender are sure to impress in this creamy, delicious cheesecake dessert.
Ingredients
Crust
  • Butter flavored cooking spray
  • 10 graham crackers
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ⅛ tsp ground ginger
  • 5 TBSP unsalted butter, melted
Filling
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 TBSP culinary lavender
  • 16 oz cream cheese, room temperature
  • 4 oz sour cream, room temperature
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 TBSP lemon juice
  • 2 whole eggs + 1 egg yolk, room temperature
  • 2 cups fresh blueberries
  • ½ cup blueberry jelly or preserves, if desired
Instructions
Crust
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Line 9 x 9 baking pan with parchment pressing in all the corners so it fits neatly within pan.
  3. Spray lined pan with butter spray
  4. Pulse dry ingredients into food processor until crumb-like consistency. Then add melted butter which has been allowed to cool.
  5. Pat mixture down into baking pan so it's even and pressed into all edges and corners.
  6. Bake for 10 minutes then allow to cool completely at room temperature
Filling
  1. Melt butter over medium heat in small saucepan then add lavender and turn off the heat. Allow lavender to infuse into butter for 30 minutes then strain flavored butter to remove the dried lavender making sure to press the lavender into the sieve with a wooden spoon to make sure you're extracting all its lavender goodness.
  2. Cool oven to 325 degrees F
  3. Beat cream cheese, lavender butter and sour cream with hand or stand mixer until combined.
  4. Add sugar, vanilla and lemon juice and continue to beat until smooth
  5. Beat in the eggs and egg yolk one at a time and beat until smooth.
  6. Pour mixture into cooled crust then cover with fresh blueberries (some blueberries will slightly sink into the mixture which is great!)
  7. Bake 35-40 minutes or until center only slightly jiggles.
  8. Cool completely at room temperature then refrigerate at least 6 hours (but overnight is best).
  9. Slice into 9 equal amazingly delicious bars.
Notes
(I like to glaze fruit whenever it's a topping on a cake to make it shiny and pretty. Make a glaze by heating blueberry jelly or preserves with 1 TBSP water in small saucepan over medium heat until liquified then brush onto fruit after the bars have cooled).
Recipe by SEE GLASS at https://seeglasslifestyle.com/2019/08/blueberry-lavender-cheesecake-bars/