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Butterscotch Cheesecake Bars

February 11, 2013 by KerryAnn 9 Comments

Butterscotch Cheesecake Bars

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I love cheesecake. I created this recipe several weeks ago, before we found out about my tests, so I could publish it for Valentine’s Day. When my husband and I were dating, cheesecake was my true indulgence and the dessert Jeff knew that I loved most.  We shared many pieces of cheesecake before the wedding.

Most of the desserts for Valentine’s Day call for chocolate, and you could certainly top this with chocolate instead of butterscotch if you’d like.  Or, if you’re wanting to be especially decadent, go for the chocolate and the butterscotch.

As part of going onto the low-oxalate diet, I’m going to have to trade in the almond meal for something lower in oxalates. I won’t be going off of almonds for another week or two and going off of all nuts is several weeks away, so I’m going to enjoy this while I still can and use up the last of my almond meal. I’m substituting 1 Tbs of raw honey and a little stevia for the sucanat. I am also omitting the butterscotch sauce and the arrowroot. That way, it can still fit within my daily carb count allowance and I can avoid arrowroot, which is also high in oxalates. Luckily, dairy is low in oxalates, so I hope to be able to re-work this cheesecake recipe to be low oxalate after eliminating and challenging dairy and eggs to make sure I’m still ok with it.

 

 

Butterscotch Cheesecake Bars

From CookingTF.com

1-1/2 cups almond flour
1/4 cup arrowroot, optional
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp sea salt
8 Tbs cold butter, but into small pieces
2 eggs, divided
1/4 cup sucanat or other unrefined sweetener, or more to taste
8 ounces cream cheese or kefir cheese
1 Tbs lemon juice
2 Tbs coconut milk or dairy milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 – 1 batch butterscotch sauce

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease an 8×8 pan and set aside.

In a food processor, combine the almond flour, arrowroot, baking powder and salt. Pulse until combined. And the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Divide the mixture in half and remove half from the food processor and set aside. Place one egg into the food processor with the remaining dough and pulse until combined. Pour the mixture into a greased 8×8 pan and smooth. Bake for 12 minutes or until set.

Meanwhile, place the remaining egg, sweetener, cream cheese, lemon juice, milk and vanilla extra into the food processor and process until uniformly combined. Pour over the par-baked crust and smooth to the edges. Take the remaining crust mixture and sprinkle over the top, breaking it up with your fingers if necessary. Press the crust down lightly into the cheesecake filling.

Return to the oven until the top crust is browned and the cheesecake filling is set, 25-30 minutes.

Once you remove the cheesecake from the oven, coat the top with butterscotch sauce.

Cool and refrigerate until completely chilled before serving.

 

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I'm KerryAnn Foster, a crazy vibrant Jesus Freak with a heart full of hope. I'm not afraid to love on the least of these or get my hands dirty. This blog is my journey from ineffective, uptight, obese wallflower to a woman on fire for God and living the most vibrant, passionate life possible!

I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina with my husband, Jeff, and our two teens. I blog about self-confidence, health and home, homeschooling and living a vibrant, wide-open Jesus-centered lifestyle. I have over seventeen years of real food, natural lifestyle and health experience. We have homeschooled our children since birth and both Jeff and I run home-based businesses. We're crazy, we know it, and we love every second of it!

Read about my journey to health through celiac disease, PCOS, food allergies, obesity, adrenal fatigue and heavy metals.

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  1. Ashley says

    February 11, 2013 at 9:03 am

    Tell me what the arrowroot powder does in the crust. I am wondering if I can leave it out or if I would be better off subbing oat flour. I am not GF by requirement, but I do cook many GF recipes and I love almond flour for baking! I don’t have any arrowroot and have never used it. Thanks!

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    • KerryAnn says

      February 11, 2013 at 9:30 am

      It’s used for extra binding. It’s completely optional, and you can leave it out.

      Reply
  2. Tina says

    February 11, 2013 at 11:00 am

    Have you tried sunflower seed flour? You can make it by soaking, sprouting and dehydrating raw sunflower seeds. It’s a great substitute for almond flour, perhaps will work better for your dietary needs?
    Tina

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    • KerryAnn says

      February 11, 2013 at 11:10 am

      Sunflower seeds are high in oxalates. I’m going to experiment with pumpkin seeds once I have time, as they are medium oxalate. They have the fewest oxalates of all of the options.

      Reply
      • Karen says

        February 11, 2013 at 11:19 am

        Kerry, do you know where squash seeds would stand as far as oxyalates go? I toasted some the other day (butternut) and then ground them in the spice grinder. Now I don’t know what to do with it, but was thinking of just tossing it into the next thing I bake with almond flour (since it’s not very much).
        Thanks for a great looking recipe. Going to try this one!
        Karen recently posted..King Ranch Turkey

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        • KerryAnn says

          February 11, 2013 at 3:37 pm

          Karen, I believe it would fall near pumpkin seeds. They are medium oxalate, and they’re the lowest out of the nuts, seeds and legumes you could use to bake.

          Reply
  3. Sue says

    March 1, 2013 at 10:23 am

    I am making these now. My almond flour, arrowroot, baking powder and salt along with the butter is very creamy. Is this the way it is supposed to be? I don’t know how to sprinkle the remaining crust over the top. It would stick to my fingers.
    Thank you,
    Sue

    Reply
    • KerryAnn says

      March 1, 2013 at 10:39 am

      Sue, I’ve had it come out creamy before, and I’m had it come out firmer and easier to sprinkle. I just pinch it apart with my fingers and scatter it across the best I can.

      Reply
      • Sue says

        March 1, 2013 at 10:41 am

        Thank you very much! I will proceed with the recipe.

        Sue

        Reply

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