There’s cheesecake, and then there are blueberry cheesecake squares. Liven up your cheesecake with blueberry love with this easy recipe.
Now this is one of those recipes that has a backstory, so hunker down. A few weeks ago, we celebrated my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. We had a wedding cake and great music, and many many friends and family, and it didn’t rain. Thank you, Lord.
They had a wonderful time, and then they went off to Maine on a little 50th anniversary honeymoon trip. (Aren’t they adorable??)
And while they were there, they visited one of my favorite, favorite makers of all things delicious, the amazing Stonewall Kitchen. And they brought me back some delectable Stonewall Kitchen goodies. Including this…
I have big plans for this that involve caramelized french toast and cinnamon and berries. Stay tuned for that one. They also brought me this…
I don’t even know what to say. I am seriously considering just hiding somewhere and eating it straight out of the jar with a spoon.Last but not least, this was in the Stonewall Kitchen bag..
Along with a recipe card for Blueberry Cheesecake Bars. (Talk about the gift that keeps on giving!) Anyway, this scrumptious recipe calls for making a super-easy shortbread cookie crust.
On top of that crust goes a classic cheesecake batter…and then comes the fun part. You take that whole jar of wild blueberry jam (and when you open it up you will see there are tons of teeny tiny whole little baby blueberries in the jam. Deep breaths.) and drop it in spoonfuls on top of the cheesecake batter.
Then take a knife and swirl, swirl, swirl the jam through the batter.
Bake. Cool, counting the minutes. Cut into squares. Try not to eat all of them at once. And if you have the self-discipline to put them in the fridge to chill down for a while — well, the only better than a blueberry cheesecake square is a cold blueberry cheesecake square.
Stonewall Kitchen, have I told you lately that I love you??
Blueberry Cheesecake Squares
There’s cheesecake, and then there are blueberry cheesecake squares. Liven up your cheesecake with blueberry love with this easy recipe.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Cookie Crust:
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 teaspoon ice water
Cheesecake Filling:
- 16 ounces (2 packages) softened cream cheese
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup blueberry jam. I highly recommend Stonewall Kitchen Wild Maine Blueberry Jam!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9X13 inch pan with cooking spray.
- Place flour, sugar and salt in food processor and pulse until combined.
- Add butter and process until the dough begins to form a ball, adding ice water if necessary.
- Press dough evenly over the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake until crust is lightly golden, about 20 minutes. Let cool for 30 minutes.
- While the crust is cooking make the filling by mixing cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until well blended.
- Add eggs and mix just until eggs are mixed in.
- After crust cools for 30 minutes, pour cheesecake filling evenly over the crust.
- Spoon jam in dollops on top of filling and then swirl with a knife to combine.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan and then cut in squares.
Recipe lightly adapted from the Stonewall Kitchen original!
MrsKinne says
Yum! The Maine Blueberry Jam is my favorite.
In fact, my husband and I gave those little jars are Christmas presents to most of our family members last year. :)
Sandi says
that looks delicious!! anything with blueberries is real good…thanks for sharing
sippy says
Your parents are just precious! A 50th anniversary honeymoon is too cute too. How awesome to have parents still so in love after 5 decades!! :)
Total yum to your bars. I'm mad about berries in anything!
Kate Morgan Jackson says
Yes, I love Cup of Jo, so I was SO excited to see my little banana bites up there — yahoo! :)
Shel says
OMG are you trying to KILL me over here?? That looks and sounds AMAZING! Will have to try it the second I get all the ingredients together.
Kayla says
Maybe you already know this, but I saw your Banana Bites on A CUP OF JO.
http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2010/07/banana-bites.html
Stonewall Kitchen says
Kate, with such a great post – we love you right back! Thank you.
-Katie
(Photography & Social Media @ Stonewall Kitchen)
Fun and Fearless in Beantown says
I love Stonewall Kitchen products so much! I've never seen the Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel sauce and you bet I'll be getting a jar when I'm up in Maine next month!
vanillasugar says
love stonewall! that spicy corn relish and the chutney's? oh heavens yes.
Katie says
So I was eating my breakfast while reading this, and I kid you not, I actually stopped mid-chew when I saw that Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel sauce. I'm gonna have to get me some of that.
I'm also excited to try the blueberry cheesecake bars, since I was unhappy with the last batch I made using a different recipe.
Hooray for blueberries!
Framed says
Hi guys! All of these jars of wonderfulness can be found at http://www.stonewallkitchen.com. Hurray!
smalltownoven says
I love all the little goodies you got! Congratulations to your parents. They're adorable! As are these cheesecake bars. Can't ever say no to cheesecake!
Joanne says
Your parents are seriously adorable! Fifty years is quite a feat!
And how lucky for you that they brought you back so many goodies! I would want to eat them all.
Pam says
I am so crazy jealous of all your little jars of goodness!! Congrats to your parents!
beewaits says
Oh my god! Those look amazing! Where can I get this dark chocolate sea salt caramel sauce and blueberry jam? Seriously all of it looks amazing!
And congrats to your parents…that's so sweet. My grandparents had there 50 years last year and it's just so sweet seeing couples celebrate the big ones and still being totally in love =)
Claire
xo
http://www.beewaits.blogspot.com