Easy Raspberry Cream Cheese Bars recipe. Made with fresh raspberries on top of a shortbread crust, tastes almost like cheesecake.
Getting ready for berry season with my favourite berry!
Who else gets extremely giddy when they see beautiful fresh berries, for the first time in what seems like years, in their local grocery store?
Judging by my fridge full of berries, you can tell that I was a little too excited.
Whenever I bought berries when John was in the house, he would always eat them all before I got a chance to bake with them.
Which is fine, I guess. Eating berries is better than my typical snacks of chocolate and… well. More chocolate.
But that just meant that I couldn’t share the berries with you guys.
Share them in the form of a recipe I mean. Unfortunately, we are not yet at the point where we can reach through the screen and share actual food.
But this season? I have already made these Raspberry Cream Cheese Bars AND some raspberry muffins. With some leftover to snack on. I had no idea how many raspberries John was eating until I had them all to myself.
I might even have enough for another raspberry recipe!
These bars have been my breakfast and snack all week. I have one container in the fridge, and a secret container in the freezer.
Since I live alone, the only reason I consider the other one “secret” is because I put it in the back of my freezer to hide it from myself.
Yet, since I know where it is, I have also been dipping into my “secret” stash too.
These taste just as good straight from the freezer as they do from my fridge stash. I think I might need to make another batch before I move next month!
Raspberry Cream Cheese Bars Ingredients
- unsalted butter
- brown sugar
- flour
- salt
- raspberry jam
- cream cheese
- white sugar
- egg
- lemon juice
- vanilla
- fresh raspberries
That’s it!
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Raspberry Cream Cheese Bars
Ingredients
Shortbread Layer
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
Raspberry Cream Cheese Layer
- 3/4 cup raspberry jam
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups fresh raspberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line a 9x13 inch baking pan with aluminium foil. Spray with cooking spray and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter on high until light and fluffy. Add in the brown sugar and mix until fully combined. Mix in the flour and salt.
- Press the shortbread layer on the bottom of the prepared baking pan and bake for 20 minutes, or until light brown. Allow to cool slightly.
- Spread the jam over slightly cooled shortbread layer.
- In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese with a hand mixer on high until light and fluffy. Add in the sugar and 1 Tbsp flour. Mix in the eggs, lemon juice and vanilla until fully incorporated.
- Pour the mixture over the crust and sprinkle with the raspberries.
- Place in the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until set. Allow to cool at room temperature for around 1 hour, then transfer to the fridge to cool for at least 2 hours.
- Cut into bars, and store in a tupperware container in the fridge or freezer.
These raspberry bars look phenomenal. I don think I could have a pan of these in the house, I’d eat them all one fork full at a time 😉 Take care.
Haha, it was hard to keep away!!!
I love raspberries, too, and these bars look so delicious, but easy. I can’t wait to make them and I won’t tell anyone in my house that they are just as good frozen. 🙂
Haha, good plan! I am addicted!!
Oh my goodness I would eat the entire pan of these. Love love raspberries! Great recipe. Pinning this!
Thanks for the pin! It’s so hard to stop eating these
I love that these bars taste just as good from the freezer – I was looking for a delicious one that I can make ahead and enjoy throughout the week – this is perfect!
I actually think they taste better 😉
Oh these look heavenly! I think I know myself well enough to know that I would devour the entire pan! Yum yum yum!
It is hard not to. They are so good!!
This looks SOOOO good! Cream cheese and fruit is the ultimate combination! This would be so dangerous for me, I would probably eat the whole thing!
Right!! I am so addicted to that combo!
I love the shortbread layer on these cream cheese bars! It was so good! Making them again!
Yay! Thanks Eden. Glad you liked it 🙂
This looks so good. Raspberry and cheese have always been a favorite.
It is one of my favourites too. Thanks Sophie 😉
Oooh these look marvelous and I love a shortbread crust! Gosh I’d love one right now…I love raspberries with cheesecake so I know I would love these 😀
You would definitely love this 🙂
I made these last night and my husband and daughter and I about ate the whole pan. They are sooo good! And so pretty! Thank you so much for a great recipe!
Yay!! I am so glad you liked it 🙂
I do the hidden container too! And that way when I do run into the dessert it’s like a special surprise 🙂 These cream cheese bars look so fabulous, and are perfect to use up all teh fresh berries. And they’d be great with other fruits too
I am so glad I am not the only one!! 🙂
I do love me some good cheesecake, and these bars look DREAMY!! I would have to make them on a weekend when people are around, or I’d eat them all!
Hahaha, it’s so hard NOT to eat the whole thing 😉