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Servings: | 12 |
Yield: | 2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup shortening
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- ¾ teaspoon almond extract
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 ½ cups fresh blueberries
- ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 6 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch square baking dish.
- To make the crust: Cream shortening, sugar, one egg, milk and almond extract in a large bowl. Mix in flour and baking powder, stirring constantly. Spread crust evenly in baking pan. Top with blueberries.
- To make the topping: In a medium bowl, beat two eggs, and cream cheese until smooth. Stir in powdered sugar and almond extract. Spread over blueberries.
- Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Cool in pan before cutting.
Nutrition Facts
Calories | 234 kcal |
Carbohydrate | 27 g |
Cholesterol | 55 mg |
Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
Protein | 4 g |
Saturated Fat | 4 g |
Sodium | 93 mg |
Sugars | 18 g |
Fat | 13 g |
Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
No changes did according to recipe
I absolutely loved this recipe and so did my family. I just made 4 more today. The only thing I changed was the pans I used. Thank you. Very delicious
I followed the recipe all except the shortening. I used butter. It turned out excellent. I got such enthusiastic raves that I made it again in a few days. Didn’t have any more blueberries so substituted fresh strawberries. It would have been fine but forgot the milk in the crust. That is a necessary ingredient. Don’t leave it out. I microwaved the pieces before serving and it got eaten. Still enjoyable then.
Was just ok. Did not look like the picture that was on IG. I honestly think it was the wrong pic. It’s not a recipe I would consider a keeper.
I wanted to make a 9×13 pan. I read the other reviews so I only doubled the cream cheese and blueberry layers. The cake layer was just right and you could really taste the cream cheese layer. I like almond extract but only used 1 tsp for the larger pan. Yum!
Was very good! I added more blueberries than the recipe called for. My kids and coworkers loved it!
Nice coffee cake like snack. I added some coconut and almond with the blueberries which was a nice textural component. I would not suggest there is much on terms of cream cheese flavor here but it is a lovely moist cake that I would make again. One could certainly experiment with the ingredients as well.
OMG THE BEssst thing evevever
One of my favorite go to desserts! Easy and everyone will think you spent hours on!
I had to add extra cream cheese, because it came out too liquid. It wasn’t overly sweat. The cake part was a little dense. With a little more tweaking I think this recipe could be pretty good.
I am 14 and I love cooking. This is an amazing recipe it is so good. My Dad loves blueberry cheesecake and he loves this. I doubled this and put it in a 9×13 pan and it worked well. I added 1 tsp of vanilla to the crust and it was good. I would recommend this to anyone
It is delicious and tastes like a baked cheesecake, not too sweet. I used 2 cups blueberries and a full (UK ) pack of cream cheese 280g. Next time I would dip the berries in flour so they don’t sink. I used an 8″x10″ pan
I made this recipe using Junberries (serviceberries) since I pick them every year. I also used butter instead of shortening. It was delicious. As it states, best the next day after refrigeration.
I doubled the ingredients through All Recipes, however, I wasn’t paying attention to the directions (those were doubled) and forgot one in for the crust. However, they turned out fine. Also the direction state in the crust to add almond flavoring, but not the amount and then again states to add almond flavoring to the topping without an amount.
This was pretty good. I did make some changes, though. I used homemade cream cheese, and it took forever to bake, but overall, it was good!
6.3.15 … https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9651/blueberry-bars/ … Pretty, but bland. True, I forgot the almond extract in the base; but not the cream cheese part. ‘Think it needs that – the almond – & maybe some vanilla, too. I used butterflavor shortening. ‘Sure that helped; but, if you try, go for real butter – & more sugar – in the base & cream cheese part. The cream cheese part didn’t stand out tastewise. It somehow blended in with the base while baking.
We think this cake is delicious, however, a cheesecake it ain’t. Nor does it taste like a cheesecake. It is a wet-bottomed cake, (in a good way) which keeps it moist. The almond extract gives the cake an exquisite taste along with the blueberries. I think vanilla may be substituted as some reviewers suggest but you’d be missing out; trust me!
i followed this recipe and found that it turned out so good all I did was added a little more blueberries I recommend this recipe I will definitely will make this again it is a very good recipe
This recipe is just ok. I have made it twice and won’t bother again. It’s alright,more of a blueberry coffee cake than anything. Not worth the cost of the berries. But if you have a bunch of berries to use up….
My family cannot get enough of this. I make it about once a week and they even eat it for breakfast. I made some changes – I use plain vanilla extract because my husband is not fond of almonds and I use the entire block of cream cheese and butter for the shortening. Make sure you cook it for at least 60 minutes otherwise it is mushy. When I make this for company it’s gone in a flash. Not too sweet and loaded with fresh (or frozen/thawed) blueberries. Yummy.
My family cannot get enough of this. I make it about once a week and they even eat it for breakfast. I made some changes – I use plain vanilla extract because my husband is not fond of almonds and I use the entire block of cream cheese and butter for the shortening. Make sure you cook it for at least 60 minutes otherwise it is mushy. When I make this for company it’s gone in a flash. Not too sweet and loaded with fresh (or frozen/thawed) blueberries. Yummy.