Strawberry Cheesecake Bars

Preheat your oven to 350°F and line your baking pan (8 inch square) with parchment paper.

For the strawberry layer:
Put a small saucepan over medium heat and add strawberries, lemon juice, sugar and cornstarch. Stir to combine then cook until mixture starts to thicken (make sure to stir often). Once it starts to thicken, remove pan from heat and set aside to cool.

For the crust:
In a medium-sized bowl mix all dry ingredients with the melted butter until evenly moistened and crumbly. Set a little bit more than 1/2 cup of the crumbles aside. Now press the rest of the crumbles into your pan, so that you have an even bottom layer. Bake crust for 15-17 minutes.

For the cheesecake layer:
In a medium-sized bowl mix the cream cheese, egg and vanilla until smooth. Add sugar and salt, mix for another minute.

Once the crust is done, remove it from the oven and pour the cooled strawberry mix on it and then spread the cheesecake mixture on top of that. Sprinkle the top with the remaining crumbles that you set aside earlier. Bake another 35 minutes.

When done remove pan from the oven and let cheesecake cool completely on the counter before putting it in the fridge for another 2 hours before serving.

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