These tasty dessert bars are like blueberry cheesecake and sugar cookies in one! Blueberry Cheesecake Cookie Bars are made with fresh berries and topped with a lemon glaze for even more great flavor. Best of all--they're a cinch to make!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time50 minutesmins
Chill Time2 hourshrs
Total Time3 hourshrs5 minutesmins
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: blueberry cheesecake cookie, blueberry cookies
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 8 or 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper.
Divide the cookie dough in half. Press half the dough into the bottom of the prepared pain in an even layer.
In the bowl of a stand mixer combine cream cheese, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and egg. Beat until light and fluffy.
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the bottom layer of cookie dough. Top with an even layer of fresh blueberries. Crumble the remaining cookie dough evenly over the top.
Bake for 50-55 minutes until top is golden brown. Cool completely at room temperature then refrigerate for 2 hours.
Meanwhile, to prepare the glaze, stir together powdered sugar with lemon juice. Add one tablespoon of lemon juice at a time until desired consistency is achieved. Drizzle glaze over cooled bars and return them to the refrigerator for their remaining chill time.
Cut cooled bars into 12 squares. Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
Want to use homemade sugar cookie dough? You'll need about 2 cups of dough. This sugar cookie dough works perfectly!
You can substitute raspberries, blackberries or strawberries in the recipe. If using frozen fruit, thaw first!