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Keto Spiced Pear Cheesecake Bars

Keto Delicious Spiced Pear Cheese Bars with Almond Flour Crust
Prep Time19 minutes
Crust Pre-Bake Time10 minutes
Course: Dessert Keto
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cheesecake, keto dessert, pears

Ingredients

Tart Crust

  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 ciup granulated Swerve Sweetener
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted

Cheesecake Filling

  • 8 ounces full fat cream cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 orange zest and juice

Spiced Pears

  • 1 pear
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon black strap molasses see notes for subs
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
  • 2 dashes freshly ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger see notes

Garnish

  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds
  • 1 tablespoon pomegranate arils

Instructions

Tart Crust

  • Mix all dry ingredients together.
  • Melt butter. Cool. Add Beaten egg to butter.
  • Add egg butter mixture and mix together until you have a dough.
  • Refrigerate for twenty minutes.
  • Once chilled, roll out on parchment paper (place the parchment on top of the bottom of the pan). Put a piece of plastic on top to roll out. You can use your hands to put pieces together that might break off.
  • Fork the bottom of crust and pre-bake at 325 F, 160 C for 8 minutes.

Cream Cheese Filling

  • Mix all ingredients together in blender.

Spiced Pears

  • Slice pears thinly, leaving skin on.
  • Melt butter in frying pan.
  • Add black strap molasses, and spices.
  • Add pears. Sautè on low just until pears are nearly softened.

Assembly

  • Pour cheese cake mixture into tart.
  • Arrange pears.
  • Arrange almonds on top of pears.
  • Place a pice of foil on baking sheet. Place tart on top of that and bring the foil up to cover the crust.
  • Bake at 325 degrees F. for twenty minutes.
  • Cool. Garnish with pomegranate arils.
  • Remove from tart pan before you refrigerate. Use a knife to go around the edges before you remove It
  • Refrigerate for several hours to overnight before serving.