Cherry Cheesecake Crumb Bars

With a crust full of oats, the filling of spicy cheesecake, cherry preserves and crumbs, these cherry cheesecake bars are a delicious dessert that the whole family will love.

It is not a secret that Cheesecake recipes are some of my favorite recipes to make.

Whether it’s my pumpkin cheesecake for thanks or the easy dwarf cheesecake for a party, I love everything.

These cherry cheesescake bars combine two of my favorite things: cherry cheesescake and bar desserts. They are perfect for sharing with neighbors, cooking or enjoying special treatment for brunch.

Because you will love these cherry cheesecake bars

You know I love layers. Biscuits cheesecake bars, pistachio desserts with layers, poor brownie … I love layers of flavor and consistency in my desserts.

And that’s exactly what we have here in these cherry cheesecake bars.

Let’s start with a buttery crust made with oats, which adds a fantastic depth of flavor. Then there is the layer of cheesecake, with a touch of almond extract to make it special.

Cherry preserves are rotated in the cheesecake filling, and then everything is completed with more crust mixture, which is fantastic. The oats really gives him a little consistency and creaking.

This recipe produces an 8 × 8 inches pan: 9 large portions or 12 small ones. It is enough for a family dinner and a snack the next day, without days of leftovers.

And yes, technically these cheesecake bars are supposed be dessert. But honestly, crumbs of crumb makes them totally acceptable to serve even brunch.

Here’s how it works, right ??

How to prepare my cherry cheesecake bars

Like most crumb bars, these cherry cheesecake bars are not too difficult to make. You will have to prepare the crust and the filling separately, but they combine quite easily!

Ingredients you need

You will first make the crust for these bars. For this, you will need to:

• 1 cup of quick cooking oats
• ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons of flour for all uses
• 1/4 cup sliced ​​almonds
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1/4 of light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons of lightly packed cane sugar
• 1/4 of cup of unwanted unwanted butter

This recipe uses quick cooking oats. Rollated oats will also work, but it will not use instant oat.

I like to add sliced ​​almonds in the crust/crust mixture. If you are allergic to walnuts, feel free to leave them out.

If you don’t want to use corn syrup, honey would work well in this recipe.

Make sure your butter is softened before starting to mix the crust. If you forget to prepare it in advance, take a look at my post on how to soften the butter quickly.

To fill the cheesecake, you will need:

• 8 ounce of softened cream
• ½ cup of granulated sugar
• 1 large egg at room temperature
• ½ teaspoon of pure almond extract
• 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
• ⅔ cup of cherry preserves

Like the crust butter, make sure the cheese cream is softened to make the filling smoother. Take a look at my tips to quickly soften the cheese cream.

Bonne Maman is my favorite fruit conservation and they are what I like to use in this recipe. You could also use homemade cherry jam.

Take these cheesecake bars

Take your favorite 8 × 8 -inch pan and roll it out with parchment, then give a non -stick spray spray.

Using a mixer, mix the oats, the flour, the almonds, the cinnamon, the corn syrup, the brown sugar and the butter until crumbly. Take about 2/3 of the mixture and press the lower part of the prepared pan. Put aside the remaining crumb mixture.

In a separate bowl with an electric mixer, beat the cheese cream, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla until smooth. Pour this mixture on the prepared crust.

Microwave the cherry retains for 5-10 seconds, until they are easy by spoon on the filling.

Place the preserves on the mixture of cheese cream, then use a knife or a chopstick to rotate the two together.

Sprinkle the rest of the crumb mixture, then cook at 350 ° F for 25-30 minutes or until the bars center is set.

Leave the cherry cheesescake bars to cool on a wire rack before cutting and serving.

Recipe variations

I think it is rather difficult to beat the combination of cherries, almonds and cheese cream, but you can use other jam flavors to prepare these cheesecake bars too!

Blueberry, raspberry, strawberry and even fishing preserves would all work well. You can leave or omit the almonds and the almond extract with one of these flavors.

You could also create a version of citrus fruits! Ometti the cinnamon and almond extract, add a little lemon zest to the crust and use the lemon curd instead of conservation.