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Rhubarb Cream Cheese Bars are the sweet and tart bar cookie recipes that combines the classic cream cheese flavors of cheesecake with rhubarb to make the perfect snack, dessert, or breakfast treat for the summer time. Serve these at any summer party or celebration where there is a crowd of. Creamy rhubarb filling is flanked top and bottom by a caramel-like crumbly mixture.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook cherry rhubarb cream cheese shortbread dessert bars using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cherry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Shortbread Dessert Bars:
- Get For the rhubarb puree
- Make ready 3 cups chopped rhubarb
- Make ready 1/2 cup sugar
- Get 1/4 cup water
- Prepare For the cream cheese shortbread
- Get 5 oz low-fat cream cheese
- Take 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- Make ready 2/3 cup sugar
- Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Get 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 1/3 cups flour
- Make ready For the rhubarb curd
- Make ready 4 eggs
- Make ready 3/4 cup sugar
- Get 1 cup rhubarb puree
- Prepare 1/2 can pitted, dark, sweet, cherries in heavy syrup chopped
- Get 1/3 cup brown sugar
- Take red dye
- Make ready 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Take 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- Take zest of 1 lemon
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup flour
These Rhubarb Cream Cheese Bars are easy to make and so delicious. The perfect combination of sweet and tart, this rhubarb dessert is great for Everyone immediately liked its sweet and tart combo. And I appreciate that it has just enough cream cheese to impart creamy decadence, but not. Whipped cream, cream cheese and shortbread.
Instructions to make Cherry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Shortbread Dessert Bars:
- Opt for thinner, red rhubarb stalks — When choosing your rhubarb from the store or farmers market, go for the stalks that are mostly red and thinner. These stalks will be sweeter than the thick green ones.
- In a medium pot, combine chopped rhubarb, sugar, and water and heat over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, or until the rhubarb is completely broken down. Transfer mixture to a blender and puree until smooth. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper and set aside. In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla extract until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Turn mixer to low speed and incorporate flour. Press dough firmly onto the bottom of the baking dish, spreading evenly to the edges. Bake for 15 minutes.
- While the shortbread is cooking, make the rhubarb curd! In a large bowl, whisk all ingredients except for the flour. Here is also where I added the cherries and brown sugar. Use as much red dye as you’d like, and remember that the color will fade a bit during cooking. Once mixed, whisk in the flour.
- Pour the rhubarb curd on top of the cream cheese shortbread, then bake for an additional 20 minutes to set the rhubarb.
- Cool bars for at least 4 hours in fridge.
- Then cut and top with powdered sugar! Serve & Enjoy!
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