Berry Cheesecake Bars

These berry cheesecake bars are sure to steal the show at your next get together! I typically love using blackberries but you can switch it out with any in season berries!

Prep: 20 minutes

Cook: 50 Minutes

Rest: 4 hours

Ingredients

Crust

2 Sleeves graham crackers crushed

1 stick of melted butter

1/2 cup chopped almonds

Cheesecake Layer

1 1/12 cups sugar

3 - 8oz cream cheese packages at room temp

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

4 eggs

1/2 cup sour cream

Berry Topping

4 cups of fresh or frozen berries

1 cup sugar

1 TBSP + 1/4 cup water

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F

Crust:

Mix together crushed graham crackers, butter and chopped almonds. Press into greased or lined 9 x 13 baking pan.

Cheesecake layer:

Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Add your eggs slowly and then add in sour cream.

Pour your cheesecake filling over the graham cracker crust and bake for 50 minutes.

Turn off your oven and leave the door open for 15 minutes before removing cheesecake.

Berry Topping:

While the cheesecake is cooling add your berries, 1/4 cup of water, and sugar to a pot. Bring to a bowl and then simmer for 10 minutes.

While the topping is simmering add corn starch and 1 TBSP of water to create a slur.

Just before removing the pot from the heat mix slur into pot.

Pour topping over cheesecake layer and allow to cool 4 hour or overnight.