Drink your lemonade and eat it, too! These light and refreshing raspberry-lemonade cheesecake bars are ready to shine at your next potluck—the guests won't be able to resist their eye-catching swirl! Garnish with fresh raspberries and lemon zest for a truly ahh-mazing dessert.
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Raspberry-Lemonade Cheesecake Swirl Bars
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 4 hr 45 min
- Ingredients 10
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 2 cups fresh raspberries
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon red gel food color
- Additional raspberries and lemon zest, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. Break up cookie dough into pieces; press evenly in bottom of pan. Bake 16 to 19 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 15 minutes.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, scraping side of bowl frequently. On low speed, add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended. Beat in vanilla and 2 teaspoons lemon zest. In small bowl, reserve 1 cup of the filling.
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Step3In another small bowl, mash 2 cups raspberries with fork. Push berries through small strainer with back of spoon to make 1/2 cup raspberry puree. Stir puree, lemon juice and food color into remaining filling.
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Step4Spread raspberry filling evenly over cookie crust. Drop tablespoonfuls of reserved filling on raspberry filling. With knife, carefully swirl into raspberry filling layer to create marbled look.
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Step5Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Cool 30 minutes on cooling rack. Refrigerate at least 3 hours, until chilled completely.
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Step6To serve, run sharp knife around edges of pan. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Garnish each bar with raspberry and additional lemon zest. Store covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
190 Calories
10g Total Fat
2g Protein
23g Total Carbohydrate
16g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 190
- Calories from Fat
- 90
- Total Fat
- 10g
- 16%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 26%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 13%
- Sodium
- 130mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 45mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 16g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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