Lime and Ginger Cheesecake Bars
From crabhappychick 15 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Found this one in the Baltimore Sun, too. So refreshing and sinfully tart and creamy. Make these with gluten-free gingersnaps for a dessert the nobody would ever suspect is gluten-free!
Ingredients
- 14-16 gingersnap cookies to equal 3/4 c. plus 2 T. crumbs shopping list
- 2 T. sugar shopping list
- 3 T. unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing pan shopping list
- 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature shopping list
- 1/4 c. sugar, plus 2 t., divided shopping list
- 3/4 t. cornstarch shopping list
- 1 large egg shopping list
- 7 T. sour cream, divided shopping list
- 2 T. finely chopped crystallized ginger shopping list
- 1 3/4 t. lime zest, divided shopping list
- 2 T. Fresh lime juice shopping list
- julienned lime peel shopping list
How to make it
- Arrange oven rack at center of oven and heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter bottom and sides of an 8" square baking pan.
- In food processor, combine the gingersnap crumbs and sugar, process until well mixed. Add melted butter and pulse until combined. Press the mixture firmly into the bottom of prepared pan. Bake for 8 minutes, remove and cool.
- Using a mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, for about 3 minutes. Beat in 1/4 c. sugar and cornstarch until just combined. Beat in the egg and 2 T. sour cream. Add the ginger, 1 1/2 t. lime zest and the lime juice. Beat until just combined. Pour mixture onto the baked crust and smooth the top. The cream cheese layer will only be about 1/2" thick. Bake until a tester comes out nearly clean, for about 25 minutes.
- Remove the pan from oven, but leave the oven on. Whisk together the remaining 5 T. sour cream, 2 t. sugar, and 1/4 t. lime zest in a small bowl, spread the mixture over the top of the cream cheese layer. Return the pan to the oven and bake another 5 minutes. Remove and cool in the pan; refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- To serve, cut into bars.
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
now thats sounds good with the cookies as a base wonderful..........thank you linda.........
minitindel
in THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY loved it
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great combinash of flavors..lime and ginger..2 of my favorite!! Thanks chc!
greekgirrrl
in Long Island loved it
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great combinash of flavors..lime and ginger..2 of my favorite!! Thanks chc!
greekgirrrl
in Long Island loved it
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