Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

This dessert is deliciously fresh and it screams SUMMER!

Serves: 9
Total time: 1 hr, 10 min, plus 4 hrs chilling time

Ingredients:

10 graham crackers, broken into pieces

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

2 tablespoons light brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

5 tablespoons butter, melted

Two 8-oz. packages cream cheese, softened

2 tablespoons milk

2 large eggs

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Zest from 2 lemons

Juice from 2 lemons

1 pint blueberries, divided

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8x8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray and
set aside.
2. In a food processor, combine graham cracker pieces, sugar, brown sugar and salt. Pulse
until fine crumbs form. Add melted butter and pulse until crumbs are moistened. Press
crumbs into the bottom of prepared baking dish and bake in the preheated oven for 10
minutes.
3. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, milk, eggs, sugar and flour. Using a hand-held mixer
on medium speed, mix until smooth. Add lemon zest and juice and mix until combined. Add
blueberries (minus a handful) and gently fold in with a spoon.
4. Pour the cream cheese-blueberry mixture over the crust. Drop the reserved handful of
blueberries over the top and bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Let cool completely and
refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours before serving.