Blueberry Bars

70 Reviews

“These bars taste like blueberry cheesecake.” - by Anne Warren

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Original recipe yields 2 dozen

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch square baking dish.
To make the crust: Cream shortening, sugar, one egg, milk and almond extract in a large bowl. Mix in flour and baking powder, stirring constantly. Spread crust evenly in baking pan. Top with blueberries.
To make the topping: In a medium bowl, beat two eggs, and cream cheese until smooth. Stir in powdered sugar and almond extract. Spread over blueberries.
Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Cool in pan before cutting.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
234 cal
12%

Fat
12.6 g
19%

Carbs
27.1 g
9%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Chelsey Wolnowski

Mar. 26, 2006

"I used butter instead of shortning, and I increased the cream cheese to 1 cup. I also added a crumb toping of: 1/2 cup sliced almonds 1 cup flour 3/4 cup oats 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp ci..." See morennamon 1/2 cup marg 2 tblsp whipping cream and just used my fingers to mix it till crumbly and sprinkled it over the top. Really good!"

granny bird

Jul. 29, 2006

"this was very good. i doubled the recipe and put it in a 9x13 pan and baked it 70 minutes. turned out wonderful. thankx..." See more"

Sugaree

Jul. 8, 2008

"I tweaked this recipe a bit...I used 8oz of 1/3 less fat cream cheese, a pint of blueberries and vanilla instead of almond. More cheesecake like on top, cake-like on the bottom, like a pastry...." See more"

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