Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies

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It feels like Spring!  Who’s ready to celebrate with some luscious lemon cream cheese desserts?  We can with these kick-ass Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies! Sounds perfect! 

More blondie recipes? You may love these Easy Coconut Blondies, Super Easy Peanut Butter Cup Blondies, Awesome Butterscotch Blondies, and these Cinnamon Roll Blondies too!

These Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies are baked slightly chewy, with your choice of  a layer of luscious lemony glaze or a lemon cream cheese frosting.  They remind me of sunshine!

Plus, I got so excited, on some of these I added some fancy fun sprinkles to commemorate the occasion with you just to get this party started.  The party has begun!

Why We Love These Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies

Soft, tangy, and oh-so-sweet – what’s not to love about lemon cream cheese blondies? This delicious and easy-to-make lemon cream cheese dessert is the perfect way to end any meal or snack during the day!

With their moist texture, burst of citrus flavor, and a hint of sugar-y goodness, lemon cream cheese blondies are sure to be a hit with your family and friends.

The zesty lemon glaze on top takes these cream cheese lemon bars over the top!  We even make them with a luscious lemon cream cheese frosting as well, and both ways are super yummy!

I adapted this lemon bar recipe from this cookbook, Extreme Brownies by Connie Weis. She uses mascarpone, but I always have cream cheese in the fridge, so it seems like the logical solution!  But feel free to substitute mascarpone if that’s your choosing!

These lemony treats are perfect for any type of event, whether it’s a casual weekend, birthday party fun, or elegant enough to serve at any type of holiday, baby or bridal-type shower when celebrating!

You’ll love how easy this is and want to make it over and over, especially during the spring and summer months!  Let’s bake!

Ingredients You Need

Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies Recipe

• unsalted butter
• cream cheese, softened
• granulated sugar
• 4 lemons, room temperature for easy squeezing lemon juice
• 2 large eggs, room temperature preferred
• lemon extract
• lemon juice
• all purpose flour
• salt
• baking powder
• baking soda

Tart Lemon Glaze Recipe (or see in recipe the Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting recipe)

• confectioners’ sugar
• lemon juice 
• lemon extract
• agave syrup or light corn syrup
• lemons, room temperature for easy squeezing lemon juice

How to Make Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies

1. Prepare baking pan by lining pan with heavy tin foil or parchment paper, then lightly grease and dust 9×13 pan with flour on sides and bottom of pan. Knock out any access flour and dispose of. Can also use cooking spray.
2. Cut the butter into 1 inch slices and place butter and cream cheese in a heavy sauce pan and cook over very low heat, whisking occasionally until melted. Turn heat off and leave saucepan on burner.
3. Grate zest from 4 lemons and place sugar and lemon zest into food processor until zest has broken down, about 10 seconds.
4. Using a large mixing bowl, add eggs and lightly beat, then add in lemon/sugar mixture and lemon juice  just until incorporated. Add to butter/cream cheese mixture and blend together.
5. In a small bowl, whisk the flour, salt baking powder and baking soda together to combine.
6. Sift dry ingredient mixture into the large mixing bowl with the wet mixture, then whisk mixture until just combined. (Batter will be lumpy)
7. Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
8. Bake 32 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and top is lightly browned.
9. Transfer pan to cooling rack.

Tart Lemon Glaze (or see in recipe the Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting recipe)

1. While blondies are baking, prepare lemon glaze, sift the confectioners’ sugar into a small mixing bowl.
2. Zest remaining lemons onto sugar using a grater. Extract lemons to get 3 tablespoons, then add into sugar, along with the lemon extract and aguave syrup and use small silicone spatula until smooth.
3. Pour on top of warm blondies, then spread evenly.
4. Let blondies sit at room temp for 30 minutes, the refrigerate until ready to serve. Refrigerate overnight if possible.

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars recipe makes 12 large or 18- 24 smaller.

Do I Need to Refrigerate Lemon Cream Cheese Dessert Bars?

Refrigerate bars in the fridge if you are frosting with the lemon cream cheese frosting for 3-4 days.

If you are topping with the lemon glaze, you can store at room temperature for 2-3 days, but I think they are best stored in the fridge for 3-4 days.

Place blondies in an airtight container if you’ve already sliced them into squares or leave in pan with covered with foil covered well.

To serve: Bring lemon cheesecake bars to room temperature or serve cold from the fridge.

If you’re ready for some yummy lemon cream cheese desserts to kick-start your spring and summer months, Kick-Ass Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies are the ticket!

Perfect for parties, potlucks, BBQ’s and birthdays!!  Bring these blondies to your next family outing or special event and you’ll get rave reviews!!

If you are a total blondie fan, I also highly recommend these Disappearing Reese & Marshmallow Chocolate Chip Blondies, Ultimate Snickers Peanut Butter Blondies, and these Chunky Monkey Peanut Butter Cup Banana Blondies too.

Oh!  And here’s 10 Over-The-Top Blondies That Will Make Your Head Spin for the blondie extraordinaire.

More Lemon Desserts!

• Lemon Burst Poke Cake
• Soft Lemon & Blueberry Explosion Cookies
• Lemon Limoncello Cake Loaf
• Keto Fluffy Lemon Burst Mousse
• Starbucks CopyCat Lemon Loaf
• Tangy Lemon Cream Cheese & White Chocolate Chip {Cake Mix} Cookies
• Super Soft Lemon Glazed Sugar Cookies
• Lemon Layered Pudding Cheesecake Bars
• Lemon Blueberry Explosion Loaf
• Homemade Lemon Brownies

Kick-Ass Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies

Kim Lange

You'll love the lemon and cream cheese combo infusion in these blondies. They are baked slightly chewy, sort of buttery and then topped with a layer of luscious lemony glaze.

4.34 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 32 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 18 Servings

Calories 393 kcal

Ingredients

 

US CustomaryMetric

 

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Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 16 ounces cream cheese softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 lemons room temperature
• 2 large eggs room temperature
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• ¼ cup lemon juice fresh
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda

Tart Lemon Glaze

• 2 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice fresh
• ½ teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon aguave syrup or light corn syrup
• 2 lemons room temperature

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Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lemon Cream Cheese Blondies

• Prepare baking pan by lining pan with heavy tin foil or parchment paper, then lightly grease and dust 9x13 pan with flour on sides and bottom of pan. Knock out any access flour and dispose of. Can also use cooking spray.
• Cut the butter into 1 inch slices and place butter and cream cheese in a heavy saucepan and cook over very low heat, whisking occasionally until melted. Turn heat off and leave saucepan on burner.
• Grate zest from 4 lemons and place sugar and lemon zest into food processor until zest has broken down, about 10 seconds.
• Using a large mixing bowl, add eggs and lightly beat, then add in lemon/sugar mixture and lemon juice  just until incorporated. Add to butter/cream cheese mixture and blend together.
• In a small bowl, whisk the flour, salt baking powder and baking soda together to combine.
• Sift dry ingredient mixture into the large mixing bowl with the wet mixture, then whisk mixture until just combined. (Batter will be lumpy)
• Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
• Bake 32 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and top is lightly browned.
• Transfer pan to cooling rack.

Tart Lemon Glaze

• While blondies are baking, prepare lemon glaze, sift the confectioners' sugar into a small mixing bowl.
• Zest remaining lemons onto sugar using a grater or zester. Extract lemons to get 3 tablespoons, then add into sugar, along with the lemon extract and aguave syrup and use small silicone spatula until smooth.
• Pour on top of warm blondies, then spread evenly.
• Let blondies sit at room temp for 30 minutes, the refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Refrigerate overnight if possible.

Notes

Servings

• Makes 12 large, 24 smaller

 

For Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons salted butter, softened
• 2  teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar

1. In a large bowl, cream together all ingredients until thick, smooth, and spreadable and frost blondies.
2. Store blondies covered in the refrigerator; bring to room temperature before serving.

 

Nutrition

Serving: 16ServingsCalories: 393kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 4gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 73mgSodium: 235mgPotassium: 138mgFiber: 1gSugar: 39gVitamin A: 692IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 1mg

Keyword bars, blondies, cream cheese, lemon, lemon glaze, summer desserts

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