Rhubarb Cream Cheese Bars
Yield: 16 bars
These Rhubarb Cream Cheese Bars take a sweet-tart creamy rhubarb cream cheese filling and sandwich it between a crisp, buttery oat crust. This recipe makes a lot, so plan on sharing!
Ingredients
FOR THE CRUST & CRUMBLE TOPPING
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon Morton kosher salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened (not melted)
FOR THE RHUBARB & CREAM CHEESE FILLING
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅙ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1½ cups chopped rhubarb
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- For the crust & crumble topping: Combine flour, oats, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. With a rigid pastry blender, cut in the butter until well incorporated and pea-sized crumbles form.
- Firmly press half the mixture into an ungreased 9'' x 9'' pan. Set aside the remaining mixture.
- For the rhubarb & cream cheese filling: In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine cream cheese, sugar, and egg until very smooth, about 1 minute.
- Add vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the cream cheese mixture and blend just to combine.
- Fold in the rhubarb.
- Spread cream cheese/rhubarb filling over the pressed-in crust. Then sprinkle the remaining crust crumbles over the top of the filling.
- Bake for 40 minutes, until crumble topping is lightly browned. Let cool completely on a cooling rack. Enjoy right away, once cooled, for the crispiest crumble topping texture.
Notes
Store in refrigerator. Serve with vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream.
From my mom's recipe box, adapted from a recipe she cut out of the Coteau Shopper newspaper that was submitted by Vicki Showenberg.
Nutrition Information:
Serving: 1 Calories: 212kcal Carbohydrates: 26g Protein: 3g Fat: 11g Saturated Fat: 7g Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g Cholesterol: 41mg Sodium: 92mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 16g
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