Cranberry Cheesecake Shortbread Bars
Cranberry Cheesecake Shortbread Bars is a side dish that serves 12. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 427 calories, 5g of protein, and 27g of fat per serving. For 76 cents per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from The Kitchen McCabe requires flour, orange zest, sour cream, and water. 121 person were impressed by this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 25%. This score is rather bad. Cranberry Shortbread Bars, Cranberry Shortbread Bars, and Cranberry Shortbread Bars are very similar to this recipe.
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
2½ sticks(1¼ C.) Butter, softened
12 oz. Fresh Cranberries
1 pkg.(8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
1 Egg
2½ C. Flour
½ C. Orange Juice
1 T. Orange Zest
¼ C. Sour Cream
1 C. Sugar
½ t. Vanilla
½ C. Water
Equipment:
baking paper
baking pan
oven
stand mixer
bowl
mixing bowl
sauce pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13" baking dish with parchment paper(for easy removal of bars for slicing ;)Place butter, flour, and powdered sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix together with a paddle attachment until just combined. Reserve of the dough and press the other 's into the bottom of a 9x13" baking dish. Smooth out dough as best you can.Bake the dough in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove and set aside while you make the cheesecake filling.In a mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add the egg, sour cream, and vanilla and beat together until smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary. Pour over the par-baked crust.In a saucepan, combine the water, orange juice, zest, and 1 C. sugar. Bring to a boil over medium/high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Rinse the cranberries and discard any that are not up to par. Add cranberries to the boiling syrup and reduce heat to a simmer.Let simmer for 10 minutes, or until the cranberries have mostly burst and sauce has thickened.Using a spoon, drop cranberries and sauce evenly over the cheesecake. Crumble the remaining shortbread crust over the top of the cheesecake and berries.Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the cheesecake is puffed up slightly and the crumble is golden on top.Remove and let cool. Chill for 2-3 hours.Dust with powdered sugar and cut into bars.
Step by step:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13" baking dish with parchment paper(for easy removal of bars for slicing ;)
2. Place butter, flour, and powdered sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix together with a paddle attachment until just combined. Reserve of the dough and press the other 's into the bottom of a 9x13" baking dish. Smooth out dough as best you can.
3. Bake the dough in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
4. Remove and set aside while you make the cheesecake filling.In a mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
5. Add the egg, sour cream, and vanilla and beat together until smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary.
6. Pour over the par-baked crust.In a saucepan, combine the water, orange juice, zest, and 1 C. sugar. Bring to a boil over medium/high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Rinse the cranberries and discard any that are not up to par.
7. Add cranberries to the boiling syrup and reduce heat to a simmer.
8. Let simmer for 10 minutes, or until the cranberries have mostly burst and sauce has thickened.Using a spoon, drop cranberries and sauce evenly over the cheesecake. Crumble the remaining shortbread crust over the top of the cheesecake and berries.
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the cheesecake is puffed up slightly and the crumble is golden on top.
10. Remove and let cool. Chill for 2-3 hours.Dust with powdered sugar and cut into bars.
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