Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars are the recipe that Teresa makes every summer potluck and every Sunday dinner when she wants to honor the most deeply beloved Southern tradition of warm peach cobbler while simultaneously delivering the most luxuriously creamy and the most completely indulgent baked cheesecake experience — all in the most practically portable and the most beautifully sliceable individual bar format that travels perfectly to every outdoor gathering.
Every backyard barbecue, and every summer potluck table. The layering of the most buttery graham cracker crust beneath the most silky baked cream cheese filling beneath the most fragrant cinnamon brown sugar fresh peach layer beneath the most beautifully golden and the most satisfyingly crumbly flour and butter streusel creates the most completely extraordinary four-layer bar that delivers the most genuinely different and the most deeply complementary texture and flavor in every individual bite from the most satisfying crust crunch to the most silky cream to the most juicy peach to the most golden crumble.
Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars are the most easy and deeply extraordinary Southern summer bars made with graham cracker crust cream cheese filling fresh peach brown sugar cinnamon cornstarch layer and flour brown sugar cold butter streusel baked at 325°F for 45 to 50 minutes chilled 3 hours before slicing into 12 bars. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful cheesecake bar recipes and easy summer favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely unique summer bar that honors two of the most classically beloved American summer desserts — the most warmly comforting Southern peach cobbler and the most luxuriously creamy baked cheesecake — in the most brilliantly layered individual bar format that is simultaneously the most impressive to look at, the most deeply satisfying to eat, and the most practically perfect for summer entertaining.
The cornstarch tossed through the spiced peach layer before baking is the most critical technique decision for the most properly thickened and the most beautifully set peach cobbler layer that stays distinct from the cream cheese filling beneath rather than releasing excess juice that thins and destabilizes the cheesecake layer. Our Peaches and Cream Crumble Bars make a beautifully equally layered and equally streusel-crowned companion for a complete and wonderful summer peach bar collection.
Ingredients Needed for This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
For the Graham Cracker Crust:
- 1½ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
- ¼ cup Granulated Sugar
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter, melted
For the Baked Cheesecake Layer:
- 16 oz Cream Cheese, softened to room temperature
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 large Eggs
For the Peach Cobbler Layer:
- 2½ cups Fresh or Canned Peaches, diced (canned peaches drained thoroughly)
- ¼ cup Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Cornstarch
For the Streusel Topping:
- ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Brown Sugar
- ¼ cup Unsalted Butter, cold and cubed
- ¼ tsp Ground Cinnamon
How to Make This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Preheat the oven to 325°F (160°C). Line a 9 by 9-inch baking dish with parchment paper leaving a slight overhang on two sides.
Combine the graham cracker crumbs, granulated sugar, and melted butter in a bowl. Press the mixture most firmly into the pan to form the most even and the most properly compacted crust. Bake for 10 minutes then set aside to cool slightly, cara mia.
Beat the room-temperature softened cream cheese with a mixer until completely smooth. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until combined. Mix in the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Pour the most silky cheesecake mixture over the baked crust and smooth with a spatula.
In a bowl, toss the most freshly diced peaches with the brown sugar, cinnamon, and cornstarch until the most evenly and the most completely coated. Spoon the peach mixture evenly over the cheesecake layer.
Mix together the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon for the streusel. Cut in the cold cubed butter using a fork or pastry cutter until the most beautifully coarse crumb mixture forms. Sprinkle most evenly over the peach layer.
Bake at 325°F for 45 to 50 minutes until the center is just set and the streusel is the most beautifully golden. Cool completely at room temperature then refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Lift out using the parchment overhang and slice into 12 squares.
How to Serve This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Serve cold from the refrigerator for the most cleanly defined and the most beautifully sliced individual bars, or slightly warmed for the most deeply comforting Southern cobbler experience. A generous dollop of freshly whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream alongside each bar makes the most completely indulgent summer serving.
Arrange on a beautiful white platter for the most dramatic and the most genuinely impressive summer dessert table centerpiece. Our Brown Butter Peach Cobbler makes a beautifully equally Southern-comfort and equally warm-peach companion for a complete and wonderful summer cobbler collection.
How to Store This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Freeze individually wrapped bars in plastic wrap placed in a freezer-safe container for up to 2 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before serving.
Tips to Make This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Soften the cream cheese for at least one full hour at room temperature before beating for the most completely lump-free and the most silky baked cheesecake filling. Cold cream cheese will never beat to the most smooth result and produces visible lumps in the most beautifully creamy filling layer.
Chill the completed bars for the full minimum 3 hours before slicing. The 3-hour chill firms the cream cheese layer to the most properly set and the most beautifully firm consistency that holds its most elegant shape when cut and lifted. Overnight chilling is the most ideal for the most dramatically clean and the most professionally defined individual bars.
Helpful Notes for This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Adding a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg to the peach cobbler layer alongside the cinnamon produces the most beautifully warm and the most deeply spiced filling variation. A half teaspoon of pure almond extract added to the cream cheese filling alongside the vanilla produces the most completely extraordinary almond-peach cheesecake bar.
These bars can be doubled in a 9 by 13-inch pan with an approximately 10-minute increase in baking time for the most large-batch summer entertaining version. Check the center for doneness with a toothpick inserted near the middle.
Variation of This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Maria made a version adding a layer of the most beautiful fresh blueberries tossed with the same brown sugar and cornstarch mixture alongside the peaches for the most completely extraordinary and the most vibrantly colorful peach blueberry cobbler cheesecake bar. Teresa tried using crushed vanilla wafers in place of graham crackers for the most beautifully different and the most deeply vanilla-flavored crust.
For the most completely extraordinary lemon peach version, add one teaspoon of fresh lemon zest to the cream cheese filling for the most vibrant and the most beautifully bright lemon cheesecake-and-peach cobbler bar. Our Peaches and Cream Crumble Bars make a beautifully equally fruity and equally streusel-topped companion for a complete and wonderful summer peach bar collection.
FAQs About This Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Can I use frozen peaches?
Yes. Thaw completely and drain and blot most thoroughly before dicing and tossing with the brown sugar cornstarch mixture. Thoroughly drained frozen peaches produce results very close to fresh peaches in the finished cobbler layer. Do not use undrained frozen peaches as excess moisture makes the peach layer too wet and improperly set.
Do the bars need refrigeration?
Yes. The baked cream cheese layer requires consistent refrigeration for both food safety and the most properly firm and the most beautifully set cheesecake texture. Bars left at room temperature for more than 2 hours should be discarded. Store always refrigerated in an airtight container.
Can I double the recipe?
Yes. Use a 9 by 13-inch pan in place of the 9 by 9-inch pan and increase the baking time by approximately 10 minutes. Check the center for doneness — the most properly baked center should be just set with only the most subtle jiggle when the pan is gently shaken.
Conclusion
These Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars are the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply comforting Southern summer bar that makes every gathering feel genuinely and completely special through the most buttery graham cracker crust and the most silky baked cream cheese filling and the most fragrant cinnamon peach layer and the most beautifully golden streusel in every single perfectly chilled and completely irresistible peach cobbler cheesecake bar.
We hope they bring the same deeply joyful Southern summer cobbler-meets-cheesecake warmth and the same completely delighted gathering to your kitchen that they have always brought to ours. Make them, share them, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa.
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Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars The Most Easy Baked Creamy Cheesecake Southern Peach Streusel Summer Bar You Will Make
- Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes including chilling
- Yield: 12 bars 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
The most extraordinary Peach Cobbler Cheesecake Bars made by preheating oven to 325°F lining parchment in 9×9-inch dish combining 1 1/2 cups graham crumbs 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup melted butter pressing into pan baking 10 minutes beating 16 oz room temperature cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla adding 2 eggs one at a time pouring over crust tossing 2 1/2 cups diced peaches with 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tbsp cornstarch spooning over cheesecake cutting 1/4 cup cold cubed butter into 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 tsp cinnamon until coarse crumbs sprinkling over peaches baking 45 to 50 minutes cooling completely chilling 3 hours lifting and slicing into 12 bars. A completely extraordinary Southern summer cheesecake cobbler bar recipe.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/4 cup Granulated Sugar for crust
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter melted
16 oz Cream Cheese softened to room temperature
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar for cheesecake
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
2 large Eggs
2 1/2 cups Fresh or Canned Peaches diced drained if canned
1/4 cup Brown Sugar for peach layer
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tbsp Cornstarch
1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour for streusel
1/4 cup Brown Sugar for streusel
1/4 cup Unsalted Butter cold and cubed
1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon for streusel
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325°F 160°C. Line 9×9-inch dish with parchment with overhang.
2. Combine graham crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Press firmly into pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool slightly.
3. Beat room temperature cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar and vanilla. Beat combined. Add eggs one at a time.
4. Pour cheesecake mixture over crust. Smooth.
5. Toss peaches with brown sugar, cinnamon, and cornstarch. Spoon evenly over cheesecake.
6. Mix streusel flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in cold butter until coarse crumbs.
7. Sprinkle streusel over peaches.
8. Bake 45 to 50 minutes until center just set and streusel golden.
9. Cool completely at room temperature.
10. Refrigerate minimum 3 hours.
11. Lift out using parchment. Slice into 12 squares.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Bars, Summer, Southern
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 17g
- Sodium: 185mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 27g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 72mg
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