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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have cherry rhubarb cream cheese shortbread dessert bars using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cherry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Shortbread Dessert Bars:
- Make ready For the rhubarb puree
- Get 3 cups chopped rhubarb
- Prepare 1/2 cup sugar
- Take 1/4 cup water
- Take For the cream cheese shortbread
- Take 5 oz low-fat cream cheese
- Take 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- Take 2/3 cup sugar
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 1/3 cups flour
- Make ready For the rhubarb curd
- Get 4 eggs
- Get 3/4 cup sugar
- Take 1 cup rhubarb puree
- Get 1/2 can pitted, dark, sweet, cherries in heavy syrup chopped
- Get 1/3 cup brown sugar
- Take red dye
- Make ready 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Get 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- Make ready zest of 1 lemon
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Take 1/2 cup flour
Instructions to make Cherry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Shortbread Dessert Bars:
- Opt for thinner, red rhubarb stalks — When choosing your rhubarb from the store or farmers market, go for the stalks that are mostly red and thinner. These stalks will be sweeter than the thick green ones.
- In a medium pot, combine chopped rhubarb, sugar, and water and heat over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, or until the rhubarb is completely broken down. Transfer mixture to a blender and puree until smooth. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper and set aside. In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla extract until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Turn mixer to low speed and incorporate flour. Press dough firmly onto the bottom of the baking dish, spreading evenly to the edges. Bake for 15 minutes.
- While the shortbread is cooking, make the rhubarb curd! In a large bowl, whisk all ingredients except for the flour. Here is also where I added the cherries and brown sugar. Use as much red dye as you’d like, and remember that the color will fade a bit during cooking. Once mixed, whisk in the flour.
- Pour the rhubarb curd on top of the cream cheese shortbread, then bake for an additional 20 minutes to set the rhubarb.
- Cool bars for at least 4 hours in fridge.
- Then cut and top with powdered sugar! Serve & Enjoy!
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