Make Ahead
Vegan + Gluten-free No-bake Fig Cheesecake Bars!
- Serves 12
Author Notes
Today, I invented these vegan no-bake cream cheese cake bars with fresh figs. It was the 1st time, I have made vegan cream cheese bars. I thought, the next time, I must double the volume of the cream cheese, for a thicker filling, in the middle. But after being in the fridge all night, the next day, my husband & I loved them as they were because the cream cheese layer had thickened enough, to our liking! I used fresh thinly sliced ripe figs from my own fig tree in my garden. These are so tasty , creamy & have the right texture, I think! You can make 6 thicker cream cheesecakes out of this batter instead of 12 smaller & thinner layered cheesecake bars! —Sophies Foodie
What You'll Need
Ingredients
- For the crust:
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1 cup
finely crushed Vegan Gluten-free cookies with chocolate : measured when finely crushed/ I crushed my cookies this way : I placed them in a plastic bag & closed it well. I put the bag on a chopping board & bashed the bag a lot, until there were cookie crum
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1/4 cup
white almond powder
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1/8 cup
melted vegan butter
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1 tablespoon
coconut sugar
- * For the cheesecake layer:
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225 grams
= 1 packet of tofutti cream cheese
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1 teaspoon
lemon juice
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2 tablespoons
fine white sugar
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a pinch
of sea salt
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3-5 fresh ripe fat ripe figs,
cleaned, bottom & tip cut off, sliced very thinly. Each fig cut up into thinner slices
Directions
- In a Kenwood bowl or in a bowl: add cookie crumbs, melted vegan butter, sugar & almond powder. If you are using your Kenwood, place the K-paddle in. Mix until everything is well-combined. Or in a large bowl, mix everything well with a wooden spoon. Line a baking dish with the size of 19 cm x 19 cm with parchment paper, slightly overlapping the edges, to easily remove the bars later on. Press this mixture in the baking dish. If you want to create 6 thicker cream cheesecake bars, you must use a smaller baking dish, like 11 cm x 11 cm. Place into the fridge.
- Clean your Kenwood bowl & add cream cheese, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of white fine sugar & a pinch of sea salt. Mix until all is beautifully combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl & mix again. Taste! It has to taste like a lovely cream cheese mix with a touch of lemon! Take the cookie crust baking dish out of the fridge & put this cream cheese layer equally divided over the cookie crust. Spread it all out with a knife, if you need to. Arrange the cut up fig slices over the cream cheese. I used 12 thinly sliced fig parts. Place the dish back into the fridge to stiffen up, preferably all night long. Cut into 12 bars. Enjoy these bars with a loved one! ;) They were just perfect for my husband Peter & I! :) Store them in the fridge.
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