Strawberries and Cream Bars (2024)

Strawberries and Cream Bars are made with a soft cookie like base, cream cheese fruit filling, and topped with a creamy glaze. Best fruit dessert bars ever!

This is one of my all time favorite summer strawberry desserts! Right up there with Strawberry Pop Tart Cookies andStrawberry Banana Bread.

Strawberries and Cream Bars

I've made these strawberry bars more times than I can count, with lots of variations likeEasy Raspberry Cream Cheese Bars.

They make a full cookie sheet sized batch and are the BEST for parties and potlucks. This is such a cute Valentines dessert! The base is sugar cookie like with a creamy smooth filling, strawberries for filling and a little more cookie topping with a vanilla icing on top.

Key Ingredients

Here are the basics! As always, full list of ingredients in the recipe card below.

• Butter -salted
• Granulated white sugar
• Eggs -large
• Vanilla extract
• All purpose flour
• Strawberries-fresh, chopped
• Cream Cheese
• Sour cream - or plain greek yogurt
• Lemon
• Powdered Sugar
• Milk

Step By Step Instructions

1. Chop strawberries and letting them sit with fresh lemon juice and sugar to release all of the yummy juices while I prepare everything else. Sometimes I do this ahead of time and refrigerate until I need them.
2. Make the dough. I lightly flour the rolling pin and top of the dough as I roll it straight into the pan. ALWAYS reserve a heaping cup of dough for the end to spread over the filling and strawberries! The nice thing is that if you forget and roll it into the pan, you can just remove some and roll the crust out thinner. No harm done!
3. Make cream filling to top the crust with. I found that using sour cream or plain greek yogurt worked better than using more cream cheese, it made the filling more creamy and less chewy and jelly like.
4. After the strawberries have released their juices, I sprinkle them over the creamy filling and crust.
5. Use the reserved cup of dough to spread in flattened pieces over the filling, it makes for less mess when serving.
6. Bake!
7. Make the icing while the bars are baking and put it in a small plastic ziploc bag. After the bars have cooled 15-20 minutes I snip a tiny hole in the corner of the bag and drizzle in an "X" shape across the bars for a pretty lattice glaze pattern.

I kid not when I say that the Mancub has eaten his weight in these bars over the years. They're one of his very favorite desserts!

Variations

It's so easy to customize these delicious strawberry dessert bars.

• Try different fruits! Our favorites include raspberries, blueberries, peaches, and cherries.
• Use fresh citrus juice in the cream cheese filling and/or the glaze. I love to use lemon and orange juice.
• Top with walnuts, sliced almonds, or pecans for some extra crunch. So delicious!

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Can you freeze these bars?

You can, but it may change the consistency due to the dairy content. If you wish to freeze them, simply slice after they have cooled completely, transfer to an airtight container, and freeze for up to 3 months.

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