The original recipe came from here: http://www.mykitchensnippets.com/2008/04/blueberry-cheesecake-bars.html I had to search awhile to find a recipe that called for real blueberries and not blueberry jam. Once I did, I used my pantry items to substitute for the original recipe items. The results were delicious. Here were my list of things I needed to use up:
3 gallon bags full of sugar cookies leftover from camp
1 lemon left from my last month of pregnancy (And it still looked fresh!)
1 tub of homemade creamcheese frosting
1 bag of frozen wild blueberries
I doubled the recipe to fit in a 9 x 13 pan. Substituted crushed sugar cookies for the graham cracker and butter crust. I used the entire lemon zest and juice from the lemon. Reduced the amount of sugar slightly and topped the entire thing with cream cheese frosting. I only had 1-80z brick of low fat cream cheese, so I substituted thick plain yogurt for the blanace of the volume. And I used frozen wild blueberries for the fresh cultivated ones.
Here’s the new recipe:
3 cups crushed sugar cookies, pressed into a gresed 9 x 13 pan–set aside
Mix in an electric mixer until smooth:
1 8 0z brick of low fat cream cheese, plus 2 cups of strained plain yogurt
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
juice and zest from 1 lemon
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup skim milk
3 eggs
When mixture is smooth, fold in 3 cups of frozen wild blueberries (if they are frozen in blocks with ice, rinse in a strainer just long enough to separate them.)
Pour mixture over the cookie crust and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove from heat and place on a cooling rack. Immediately pour warmed cream cheese frosting over the top (about 1.5 cups.) Allow to cool and cut into 20 bars.
You are a kitchen wizard and a frugal genius. Thanks for sharing!
Sounds yummy eventhough I don’t even like blueberries. You are a genius!
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Were it not for substitutions, I’d never cook. 🙂