Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

photo by:kraft

Go ahead, set the bar higher. More impressive than brownies, this crowd-pleasing dessert sports juicy blueberries and creamy cheese cake on a delicate graham cracker crust.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

50 min

servings

total:

24 servings

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What You Need

Tbsp. butter, melted

cups HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs

pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

3/4

cup sugar

eggs

tsp. vanilla

jar (10 oz.) blueberry preserves

cup blueberries

Make It

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

MIX butter and graham crumbs in 13x9-inch pan; press onto bottom of pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.

BEAT cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla; beat until well blended. Stir jam in jar until softened; spread evenly onto crust. Top with berries, then cream cheese mixture.

BAKE 30 min. or until slightly puffed. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Healthy Living

Trim 3 grams of fat calories per serving by preparing with PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese. Plus, you'll save 10 calories per serving, too!

Make it Easy

Line 13x9-inch pan with 17x9-inch piece of parchment paper, with ends of paper extending over sides. Prepare recipe as directed. When cooled, run knife around sides of pan, then gently lift cheesecake out using paper handles. No sticking problem!

How to Store

Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator up to 3 days.

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Dinky2417

posted:7/12/2005

Very delicious. The bars were a big hit at my summer BBQ!

twebber7

posted:7/11/2005

yummy

futurequeen

posted:7/8/2005

I used nilla wafers, crushed.After the jam, I added the cream cheese mixture. Then I used frozen blueberries,thawed.And pushed them in the cream cheese mixture,just slightly.YUM,either way!

a cook

posted:7/8/2005

I refrigerated the crust for about 15 minutes before spreading the jam on top. This helps keep the crust from lifting

Smalleyworld

posted:7/7/2005

These were scrum, dilly icious, AWESOME!!

vfaucette

posted:7/7/2005

This recipie is delicious. Made it for a picnic. I would use 7 or 8 Tbsp. of butter next time, my crust was a little dry and too crumbly. It was perfect the second time. Looked like the picture!!!!! My kids loved it.

Kandace10

posted:7/6/2005

These bars were delicious and melted in your mouth. They remind me of a danish. Very, very good!!!

scorpioqueen

posted:7/6/2005

easy preparation - i used light philadelphia cream cheese and light butter - it was delicious and a huge success at the cookout i took it to! I am going to make again and use cherries or strawberries and cherry or strawberry jam!

a cook

posted:7/5/2005

Everyone that i served this to liked it better than i did.I had a problem with not having enough preserves to spread all the way to the edges of the pan. i recommend starting with two jars to be sure you have enough.

rat0512

posted:7/5/2005

I made this recipe for the 4th of July and it was FABULOUS!!! They went very quickly (I just couldn't resist them-they were just so creamy and delicious.)