Description

This Blueberry Crumble Cheesecake blends creamy cheesecake, juicy blueberry filling, and buttery oat crumble for a bakery-worthy dessert with Southern charm.

Ingredients

Scale

For the Graham Cracker Crust:

1½ cups graham cracker crumbs
⅓ cup melted unsalted butter
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
Pinch of salt

For the Cheesecake Filling:

32 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

For the Blueberry Layer:

2 cups fresh blueberries
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
½ teaspoon lemon zest

For the Crumble Topping:

¾ cup all-purpose flour
⅓ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F and grease a 9-inch springform pan. Line bottom with parchment paper.

2. Mix crust ingredients and press into pan bottom. Bake for 10 minutes until golden.

3. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, then eggs one at a time. Fold in vanilla, sour cream, and flour.

4. Toss blueberries with sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, and zest.

5. Make crumble topping by cutting butter into flour, sugar, oats, cinnamon, and salt until crumbly.

6. Pour half the cheesecake batter over crust. Add half the blueberry mixture. Repeat with remaining batter and blueberries. Top with crumble.

7. Bake 55–60 minutes until center is slightly jiggly and crumble is golden.

8. Cool in oven with door cracked for 1 hour. Chill in fridge at least 4 hours before serving.

Notes

Use room temperature ingredients to avoid lumpy batter.
Don’t overmix, air bubbles cause cracking.
Frozen blueberries work well but reduce to 1¾ cups to avoid excess moisture.
For neater slices, warm and wipe your knife between cuts.
Cheesecake improves in flavor after chilling overnight.

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 65 minutes
Category: Dessert
Method: Baking
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 slice
Calories: 485
Sugar: 38g
Sodium: 320mg
Fat: 28g
Saturated Fat: 17g
Carbohydrates: 52g
Fiber: 2g
Protein: 9g
Cholesterol: 145mg

Keywords: blueberry crumble cheesecake, fruit cheesecake, Southern desserts, easy cheesecake