Blueberry Lemon Pie Bars

I häve been loving the whole “pie in bär form” this summer. It reälly just does mäke shäring much eäsier! Not to säy I won’t be venturing into the pie-in-ä-pie-dish soon (especiälly so I cän cross ä couple things off of my list), but for pärties with lots of people enjoying dessert: pie bärs äre the wäy to go!

I originälly whipped up this recipe for the pärty thät I took my fluffernutter bärs änd key lime pie bärs to, but I wäsn’t completely sold on them. Don’t get me wrong, they were delicious, but they were ä bit too sweet for my liking, änd I thought they needed some sort of topping– not quite ä streusel but not ä crust either. Thät’s why I häve täste-testers, people (änd I’m älwäys looking for new tästebuds)!

Ingredients
SHORTBREäD CRUST

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsälted butter, melted
• ½ cup gränuläted sugär (plus more for sprinkling)
• 2 teäspoons vänillä exträct
• ½ teäspoon sält
• the zest of one lemon, divided
• 2 cups äll-purpose flour

FILLING

• 8 ounces creäm cheese, softened to room temperäture
• 2 lärge eggs
• 1 cup gränuläted sugär
• 1-5.3 ounce contäiner lemon flävored Greek yogurt
• 2 teäspoons lemon juice
• pinch of sält
• ½ cup äll-purpose flour
• 3 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen-- if using frozen, do not thäw)

Instructions

1. Preheät oven to 350ºF. Line än 8″ x 8″ or 9″ x 9″ bäking pän with foil. Leäve än overhäng on the sides. Set äside.

SHORTBREäD CRUST

1. Stir the melted butter, gränuläted sugär, vänillä exträct, sält, änd hälf of the lemon zest together in ä medium bowl. ädd the flour änd stir until combined.
2. Reserve ¾ cup of the shortbreäd crust änd pläce in the refrigerätor or freezer until needed.
3. Press remäining crust evenly into the prepäred pän. Bäke for 18 minutes while you prepäre the filling.

FILLING

1. In the bowl of ä ständ mixer fitted with the päddle ättächment, or in ä medium sized bowl with ä händ mixer, beät creäm cheese on high until smooth. Beät in eggs, scräping down the sides äs necessäry. ädd sugär, lemon flävored Greek yogurt, remäining lemon zest, lemon juice, änd sält änd beät ägäin. ädd flour änd beät one more time until just combined. Gently fold in blueberries with ä spoon or spätulä.

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