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Rhubarb Cream Cheese Bars are the sweet and tart bar cookie recipes that combines the classic cream cheese flavors of cheesecake with rhubarb to make the perfect snack, dessert, or breakfast treat for the summer time. Serve these at any summer party or celebration where there is a crowd of. These dessert bars have a tart and sweet custard-like topping atop a shortbread-like crust.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cherry rhubarb cream cheese shortbread dessert bars using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cherry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Shortbread Dessert Bars:
- Prepare For the rhubarb puree
- Get 3 cups chopped rhubarb
- Make ready 1/2 cup sugar
- Get 1/4 cup water
- Prepare For the cream cheese shortbread
- Get 5 oz low-fat cream cheese
- Make ready 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- Get 2/3 cup sugar
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 1/3 cups flour
- Prepare For the rhubarb curd
- Make ready 4 eggs
- Take 3/4 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 cup rhubarb puree
- Take 1/2 can pitted, dark, sweet, cherries in heavy syrup chopped
- Get 1/3 cup brown sugar
- Take red dye
- Get 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Get 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- Take zest of 1 lemon
- Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Take 1/2 cup flour
Once the whole thing is cooled, these Cherry Cream Cheese Bars get a drizzle of confectioners' sugar glaze for a finished sweet touch. These bars combines the velvety richness of cheesecake with fresh tangy rhubarb for a delicious dessert that everyone will love. Beat cream cheese, white sugar, eggs, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl. Rhubarb bars with a shortbread crust and tangy rhubarb custard filling are a fun, easy spring dessert.
Instructions to make Cherry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Shortbread Dessert Bars:
- Opt for thinner, red rhubarb stalks — When choosing your rhubarb from the store or farmers market, go for the stalks that are mostly red and thinner. These stalks will be sweeter than the thick green ones.
- In a medium pot, combine chopped rhubarb, sugar, and water and heat over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, or until the rhubarb is completely broken down. Transfer mixture to a blender and puree until smooth. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper and set aside. In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla extract until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Turn mixer to low speed and incorporate flour. Press dough firmly onto the bottom of the baking dish, spreading evenly to the edges. Bake for 15 minutes.
- While the shortbread is cooking, make the rhubarb curd! In a large bowl, whisk all ingredients except for the flour. Here is also where I added the cherries and brown sugar. Use as much red dye as you’d like, and remember that the color will fade a bit during cooking. Once mixed, whisk in the flour.
- Pour the rhubarb curd on top of the cream cheese shortbread, then bake for an additional 20 minutes to set the rhubarb.
- Cool bars for at least 4 hours in fridge.
- Then cut and top with powdered sugar! Serve & Enjoy!
Enjoy these dessert squares filled with cream cheese, and topped with rhubarb and berries. Layers of cream cheese and cherry pie filling sandwiched between crumb layers and drizzled with icing. The bottom crust was absolutely amazing and just the right amount of cream cheese and cherries! I followed the recipe exactly as written! Use tart rhubarb to make a new and updated version of everyone's favorite dessert: lemon bars.
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