Blackberry Cheesecake Bars With Brown Sugar Crust

I warned you about these on Instagram yesterday. Aren't they a beauteous sight? I know you may be getting sick of the berries and cheesecake theme by now. It seems like all I've been doing all summer is picking berries and making them into cheesecake. It's a tough life.

One thing that these cheesecake bars are like is this blackberry cheesecake tart. I guess you can't teach an old hog new tricks after all. See, I was trying to make them like these cranberry bars, but then I decided to double the cream cheese and I didn't have the heart to put crumbs over my beloved berries, so here we are. Back to almost the exact same thing I made two years ago only in a different pan. Sheesh.

Blackberry Cheesecake Bars

For the crust:
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup soft butter

For the filling:
8 oz. softened cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons flour
1 egg
2 cups washed and dried blackberries

Preheat the panggangan to 350ºF. Line an 8x8 inch pan with parchment paper and grease the parchment paper. Mix together all the crust ingredients until crumbly and press firmly into the bottom of the pan. Combine the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, 2 tablespoons of flour, and egg and mix until smooth. Pour over the crust. Sprinkle with the berries. Bake for about 35 minutes. Store in the refrigerator.

Now, don't forget to follow on chewy, GF, oat bars on the other blog. They're pretty awesome.