Easy Lemon Cheesecake Bars
These Easy Lemon Cheesecake Bars are so creamy and delicious! You only need 6 ingredients to make these, and they will disappear fast when you serve them to friends and family!
Since spring is just around the corner, these Lemon Cheesecake Bars are the perfect treat to whip up in preparation for the new season.
They are great for baby showers, bridal showers, Easter, or just because.
When I say easy, I mean it! You only need six simple ingredients, one of which is an ever versatile cake mix! Don’t you love cake mix?
They aren’t just for making cakes anymore! Cookies, brownies, pancakes, and these Easy Lemon Bars all can be made with the use of a helpful box of cake mix.
Ingredients for Easy Lemon Cheesecake Bars
- lemon cake mix
- 1 egg
- vegetable oil
- cream cheese
- sugar
- lemon juice
How to make Easy Lemon Cheesecake Bars – Step by Step
- Get started by combining the cake mix with the oil and an egg. Reserve about 3/4 cup of the dough to use as crumble topping for the Lemon Bars.
- Press the remainder of the dough into the bottom of a 9×13 pan and bake for about 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow it to cool while you get started on the filling.
- Beat the cream cheese, lemon juice, and sugar together until nice and smooth. Spread it evenly over the baked crust.
- Crumble reserved dough over the top of filling and return to oven for 20-25 minutes until baked and filling is set. Allow Lemon Cheesecake Bars to cool completely before slicing.
Tips and Notes
- To make removal and cutting easier, line your baking dish with parchment paper so that it hangs over the edges of the dish before adding the crust and filling. After the bars have baked and cooled completely, lift the bars out with the overhanging parchment paper and place on a cutting board to slice.
- If you would like to lighten up these lemon bars, you can use light cream cheese in place of the regular cream cheese.
- Store leftover Lemon Cheesecake Bars in the refrigerator for 5 to 7 days.
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Recipe: Easy Lemon Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 oz) package lemon cake mix
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Pour cake mix into a large bowl. Add the egg and oil; mix until well blended. Mixture will be slightly dry. Reserve about 3/4 cup for the topping, and pat the rest into a 9x13 inch pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Set aside to cool.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with the sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Spread the mixture evenly over the baked crust. Crumble the reserved cake mix mixture over the top.
- Bake for an additional 20-25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until filling is set and the topping is lightly toasted. Cool before cutting into bars. Refrigerate leftovers.
Notes
- To make removal and cutting easier, line your baking dish with parchment paper so that it hangs over the edges of the dish before adding the crust and filling. After the bars have baked and cooled completely, lift the bars out with the overhanging parchment paper and place on a cutting board to slice.
- If you would like to lighten up these lemon bars, you can use light cream cheese in place of the regular cream cheese.
- Store leftover bars in the refrigerator for 5 to 7 days.
Could l freeze this recipy? If yes for how long?
Hi! Yes you can freeze these. I would say they would be good to freeze for up to 6 months.
I use a stick of butter to this recipe instead of oil and it’s much better in my opinion….. also I use lemon zest in the cake batter …. You could use it in the cream cheese too but I think it’s too much but you could do the reverse as well also I add vanilla bean paste to both! Delicious
We’ve been using this recipe in our family for MANY YEARS and I lost my paper copy recently and couldn’t remember the exact measurements. I was so excited to find an identical one online! This is always a favorite at get togethers!
Could you add blueberries to this? Maybe in the cream cheese mixture?
I haven’t tried adding blueberries before but I think that would be delicious!
Yes you can! I add fresh blueberries and I’ve also done cherries too. Both are delicious! I just gently fold them into the cream cheese mixture and bake as normal.
Lemon box cake has an artificial taste to me, so I used a yellow cake mix and added the zest of one large lemon to the mixture. Very easy and delicious.
Oh I almost forgot that instead of 1/2 of vegetable oil, 3 tablespoons was Kirkland fruits/veggies pouch.