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Cream Cheese Lemon Bars Recipe

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Moist and full of flavor, these lemon bars are a spring classic.

Cream Cheese Lemon Bars Recipe (+)

Directions

In a mixing bowl, blend dry cake mix, butter, and 1 egg.
Press into a 9 x 13 pan, ungreased.
Beat the cream cheese until smooth.
Gradually blend in the powdered sugar.
Stir in lemon peel and lemon juice until smooth.
Reserve 1/2 cup of this mixture and refrigerate it for later use.
Beat the remaining 2 eggs, add the vanilla, and then beat this mixture into the remaining cream cheese mixture until well blended.
Spread over the cake mixture.
Bake at 350Â° until set, approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
Cool completely.
Spread the reserved cream cheese mixture onto the bars.
Refrigerate until firm; then cut into squares and serve.

Container: 9 x 13 baking pan and a mixing bowl

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Serving Description: 1 bar

Servings: 20

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Ingredients

-		1 box lemon cake mix
-		1/3 cup butter or margarine - softened
-		1 egg
-		8 ounces cream cheese - softened
-		1 cup powdered sugar
-		1/2 lemon - grated
-		2 tablespoons lemon juice or 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon
-		2 eggs
-		1 teaspoon vanilla

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