Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients

Crust

• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces and chilled
• zest of ½ blood orange or orange

Filling

• 2 large egg yolks, room temperature
• 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar, divided
• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed blood orange or orange juice
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• ½ cup cold water
• 5 teaspoons cornstarch
• zest of ½ blood orange or orange
• 1 ¼ pounds cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• ¼ cup sour cream or creme fraiche
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ a vanilla bean, split lengthwise (optional)

Instructions

Nutrition Facts (estimated)