Keto Spiced Pear Cheesecake Bars
Keto Delicious Spiced Pear Cheese Bars with Almond Flour Crust
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.