Lemon Cookie Cheesecake Bars Recipe

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Lemon Cookie Cheesecake Bars Recipe

Lemon Cookie Cheesecake Bars are a delicious spin on classic lemon bars and everyone will ask you for the recipe!

Prep Time15

Cook Time35

Total Time50

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Best lemon dessert, Lemon cheesecake bars, Lemon cookie bars, Oreo cookie dessert

Servings:

Calories: 220kcal

Equipment

Non-stick Cooking Spray
9x13-inch Baking Pan
Medium Mixing Bowl (2)

Ingredients

Cake Layer

1 box lemon cake mix
½ cup butter softened
1 egg slightly beaten
¾ Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon water
1 cup white chocolate chips

Cheesecake Layer

16 ounces cream cheese softened
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ Tablespoon lemon juice
20 Lemon Oreo Cookies coarsely chopped
yellow food coloring

Lemon Glaze

1 Tablespoon butter melted
3 ounces cream cheese softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
yellow food coloring

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13-inch glass pan with non stick cooking spray.
Mix the dry cake mix (do not follow directions on box), butter, egg, oil, and water together with a fork. Then add in the white chocolate chips. Spread evenly in the greased pan. Get all the way to the edges. Set aside while you make the next layer.
For the cheesecake layer, combine the cream cheese and sugar in a medium bowl and blend together well. Then add the vanilla, eggs and lemon juice. Stir in chopped Oreos by hand with a spoon. Carefully spread the cream cheese layer over the lemon cake mix layer. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. (I cooked mine for 32 minutes) Carefully remove it from the oven to prevent it from sinking. Mine sunk just a little bit. Let it cool for about an hour. While it is cooling you can make the glaze. For the glaze mix the powdered sugar and melted butter together. Add enough lemon juice to form the consistency of thick frosting. Then mix in the cream cheese and yellow food color (a few drops). When bars are cooled, cover with lemon glaze. Refrigerate for an hour or so to let the bars set up before cutting.

Notes

You definitely do not need to use the yellow food coloring. That is obviously not going to change the flavor of the dish.

It is merely for presentation. But you can always leave it out and cut up a lemon and put it on top of the glaze and use it too! You know just to be fancy. Haha.

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