Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars

I will be away for a few weeks so I am trying to clear up most of my perishable stuff in my fridge these past weeks. I still have 2 block of the low fat cream cheese in there and decided to make this luscious, smooth and creamy Strawberry Cheesecake.

Ingredients :

1 ¼ cups graham crumbs
¼ cup butter, melted
2 packet (8 oz each) I used low fat cream cheese, softened at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp flour
3 tbsp of lemon juice
2 eggs
1/3 cup strawberry jam

1. Preheat oven to 325ºF. Grease and line an 8” x 8” square baking with parchment paper with leaving an overhang on both side (for easy removing you slices later)
2. Mix crumbs and butter together and press firmly into bottom of the pan. Set it aside.
3. Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and lemon juice in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low speed after each addition, just until blended. Pour over crust.
4. Heat up strawberry jam slightly in the microwave. Gently drop jam by small spoonfuls over top of batter. Cut through batter several times with knife for marble effect.
5. Bake 40 min. or until centre is set. Cool. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight before cutting it.

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, Gert I'm drooling..... This looks so delicious! I love it!
Rgds - Mima

Vanessa said...

It looks so delicious! --- Hope to try it someday!

Lil' Ms Pinky said...

Aiyo sedapnya!! *grumbling stomach*

Isha said...

absolutely fantastic!

Beachlover said...

your swirl always look good! I'm just thinking what to bake for our guest and now you give me an idea!

Stephanie said...

Those look so scrumptious! My husband will love these.

Christine said...

They look delicious!
My daughter loves cheese cake very much, esp. with strawberry.

Debbie said...

Oh, oh, oh.....does those ever look good!

Zue Murphy said...

Your swirl looks great. I can eat load of this cheese bar.

Cat Cat said...

Gert,
We are clearing our fridge too... and no cooking for next week.. Yahoo!!!

Angie said...

That looks delicious! Have fun in KL and a save journey.

Elinluv said...

Hi Gert,

Have added this to my To-Do List :)
Piggies love anything cheesy.

Have a safe flight back!

gkbloodsugar said...

Beautiful colour - Nice job.

pigpigscorner said...

Looks amazing with the strawberry swirls!

ICook4Fun said...

Mima & Vanessa, thank you.

Pinky, since you have an oven you can always make this :)

Isha, thank you.

Lesley, hope you guest like this :)

Stephanie & Christine, hope both of you will try this out :)

Debbie & Zue, thank you.

Cat, I have to if not when I come back a monster will be there to great me :)

Angie & Elin, thank you.

GK & Pigpig, thank you :)

Dawn said...

Oh those look so tasty. I have been craving strawberries for a while now but can't find any that look that good. Those strawberries look perfect, where did you find them this time of year?

Little Corner of Mine said...

Oh, looking pretty and yummy!

Kevin said...

Those cheesecake bars look good!

ICook4Fun said...

Dawn, thank you. I bought the strawberries from Wegmans. Paid $3.99 for a punnet.

LCOM, thank you.

Kevin, thank you.

tigerfish said...

I love it being bite-sized!

mikky said...

this is just an awesome treat!!! :)

Cakespy said...

Oh, my! These not only sound delicious, but they're so visually pleasing too--like modern art, but far more palatable! :-)

Colleen said...

These look soooo good - I can't wait to try them!

ICook4Fun said...

Tigerfish, I am sure you will like this :)

Mikky, thank you.

Cakespy, thank you.

Colleen, hope you like this cheesecake bars :)

tabsy said...

I made this - was delish and went down sooooo well!

Anonymous said...

Hi Gert,

I want to try out the Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Bar. But what is parchment paper? Do you have a picture of it? Well, I live in Singapore. Thank you & regards, AG

ICook4Fun said...

tabsy, thank you.

Anon, parchment is just those normal paper that you use to line the base of baking pan.