Name: Cream Cheese Lemon Bar Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup flour; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 6 ounce unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes; 1 jar lemon curd; 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; zest from 1 1/2 lemons; juice from 2 lemons; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream Cheese Lemon Bar Recipe

These are no ordinary lemon bars! These creamy, dreamy dessert bars will be the talk of the dessert table.

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Cream Cheese Lemon Bar Recipe

By: TheBestDessertRecipes.com Test Kitchen

There's no doubt that you will love the flavor of these Cream Cheese Lemon Bars. Have some napkins ready, because you'll be indulging in these dessert bars so much that you won't even realize what a mess you're making.

A perfect blending of cream cheese and lemon, these cream cheese bars will have you falling in love at first bite. In fact, bar recipes don't get any more perfect than this. Dessert bar recipes like this will help pick you up if you're having a bad day and put a smile on your face.

Bring these lemon squares to any event, and you will have crowds swooning over how delicious and gooey they are. Perfect for a bright summer day or a rainy afternoon indoors, these lemon squares are just what you need to add a splash of yellow to your life.

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Makes12

Preparation Time20 min

Cooking Time50 min

Easy

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 ounces unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
1 jar lemon curd
2 8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
zest from 1 1/2 lemons
juice from 2 lemons
1 teaspoon vanilla

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Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
For the shortbread layer, whisk together flour, sugar, salt. Cut butter into the flour mixture. Press into the baking dish.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes until slightly golden. Set aside to cool.
For the lemon curd layer, spread lemon curd evenly over the cooled shortbread layer. Let set.
Prepare the cream cheese layer. Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add the lemon zest and juice.
Carefully spread the cream cheese layer over the shortbread and lemon curd layer.
Bake until the top is set about 25 to 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and let sit at room temperature for 45 minutes.
Refrigerate for 2-2 ½ hours before cutting into bars.

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SissieSass

Jul 31, 2018

Can you use a mix of flours in this recipe? I would like to use half and half wheat and white flour to give this dessert a little more fiber. I love that you chose lemon to break through the creamy flavor. I think the pairing will be excellent as a dessert.

daniellek

Feb 26, 2016

I loved the flavor of these lemon bars, but they were a little messy to eat. The combination of lemon and cream cheese was incredible.

Zimm102090

Feb 23, 2016

Loved these lemon bars. I thought that they had the perfect lemon flavor for me. They tasted just how I expected them to, which was really nice.

Princess Carolyn

Feb 22, 2016

I'm an easy sell on lemon desserts, and so I liked these a lot. I still think I prefer more traditional lemon bars, though.

EditorLP

Feb 22, 2016

The crust on these was a bit too hard, but otherwise they were very tasty! I love lemon flavor, so I'd probably add a bit more, but for most people I think it's probably enough lemon.

jamieegee

Feb 22, 2016

I wasn't a huge fan of the crust these bars had. I do, however, love lemon desserts, and the flavor was spot on for me. A little more tart than sweet, which is just how I like it. I wish the crust would have been softer. I'd probably remake them with a graham cracker crust next time.