Lemon Cheesecake Bars With Lavender
These Lemon Cheesecake Bars have a buttery lemon-flavored crust that is topped with a creamy lavender filling. It’s the ultimate summer dessert recipe.
We don’t know about you, but there is just something about lemon desserts that makes us think of warm sunny days. And, this cheesecake bar recipe is no different, the lavender and lemon flavors make these sweet bars irresistible.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- You only need simple ingredients so you don’t have to spend hours at the store looking for hard-to-find items.
- This recipe is easy enough for beginners but tastes gourmet enough for guests.
- It’s great when made ahead, so it’s an excellent dessert for holidays.
🛒Ingredients
One great thing about this easy recipe is that you only need a few simple ingredients. All of these ingredients are budget-friendly and easy to make, so pick up these ingredients on your next trip to the grocery store so that you can share this sweet dessert with your family and friends.
- flour
- brown sugar
- butter
- lemon zest
- cream cheese
- sugar
- egg yolk
- vanilla
- flour
- lemon juice
- lemon zest
- dried lavender
See the recipe card below for quantities.
🔪 How to Make These Lemon Cheesecake Bars
Making these lemon bars is easy. Just follow these step-by-step instructions or check out the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of the post so you can enjoy these sweet bars.
Step 1: Make the crust
In a food processor, place the flour, brown sugar, and lemon zest and pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse to a ball forms. Press the dough into a 9×9 baking dish and bake in the 350-degree preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool completely.
Step 2: Make the filling
In a bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar and smooth and creamy. Add in the egg yolk, vanilla, lemon juice zest, and flour and beat to combine. Add in most of the dried lavender, holding a small amount in reserve to sprinkle on top, and mix.
Step 3: Bake the cheesecake bars
Spread over the cooled crust in an even layer and sprinkle the remaining lavender on top. Place in the oven at 350 degrees and bake for 25-30 minutes, until firm.
Step 4: Cool before serving
Remove and let cool completely, best results will occur by placing in the refrigerator to chill for up to 3 hours. Slice into bars and serve.
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Nuts – Add 1/2 cup of nuts to your crust mixture for a little crunch.
- Lavender – Not a fan of lavender, you can leave it out and add lemon zest instead.
- Toppings – Top with lemon zest, whipped cream, or even lemon wedges.
Do you love lemon cheesecake? If so, give this Lemon Loaf with Cheesecake Loaf a try next time.
🥄 Equipment
This is a quick list of the kitchen tools that you will need to make this lavender cheesecake bar recipe:
- Food processor
- 9×9 baking pan
- large bowl
- Electric mixer
- Rubber spatula
🥫 Storage
Storage – Store these lemon cheesecake bars in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Freezing – You can also freeze the leftover bars in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Thaw them overnight in the fridge.
Serve With
These tasty bars are great when served with a cup of coffee or tea. However, you can also serve them after your favorite meal like this Easy Chicken Florentine Casserole.
💭 Tips
Here are a few tips that you can use to ensure that these lavender cheesecake bars turn out perfectly for you when you make them.
- Make sure that you use room temperature ingredients for your cheesecake filling so that they turn out perfectly
- Your crust must be completely cooled before you add the cheesecake layer so that it doesn’t melt.
- These bars need to stay cool so keep them in the fridge.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Yes, you can make these cheesecake bars up to 24 hours in advance.
Lavender has a floral and mint flavor.
🍽 More Cheesecake Recipes
Do you enjoy cheesecake? If so, give these recipes a try next time:
🧾Recipe Card
Want to make this recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Lemon Cheesecake Bars
Equipment
- Food processor
- 9×9 baking pan
- large bowl
- Electric mixer
- Rubber spatula
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ¼ cups butter softened
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon dried lavender
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a food processor, place the flour, brown sugar and lemon zest.
- Pulse until combined.
- Cut the butter into slices and add to the processor.
- Pulse until the mixture starts to form a ball.
- Spray a 9” x 9” pan with cooking spray (or line with parchment paper) and press the dough firmly into an even layer in the bottom of the pan.
- Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove and allow to cool completely.
- In a bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar and smooth and creamy.
- Add in the egg yolk, vanilla, lemon juice and zest, and flour and beat to combine.
- Add in most of the dried lavender, holding a small amount in reserve to sprinkle on top, and mix.
- Spread over the cooled crust in an even layer and sprinkle remaining lavender on top.
- Place in the oven at 350 degrees and bake for 25-30 minutes, until firm.
- Remove and let cool completely, best results will occur by placing in the refrigerator to chill up to 3 hours.
- Slice into bars and serve.
