Cream Cheese Lemon Bars
Ingredients
  • 1 box lemon cake mix
  • ⅓ cup butter- softened
  • 1 egg
  • 8 oz cream cheese - softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • peel from ½ lemon - grated
  • 2 Tbsps lemon juice
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
  1. In a mixing bowl, blend dry cake mix, butter, and 1 egg.
  2. Press into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan.
  3. Beat cream cheese until smooth.
  4. Blend in the powdered sugar.
  5. Stir in lemon peel and lemon juice until smooth.
  6. Set aside ½ cup of mixture. Into remaining cream cheese mixture, beat 2 eggs, and vanilla until well blended.
  7. Spread over the cake mixture.
  8. Bake at 350° until set, approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
  9. Cool completely.
  10. Spread the reserved cream cheese mixture onto the bars.
  11. Refrigerate until firm; then cut into squares and serve.
Recipe by Gracious Rain at https://graciousrain.com/cream-cheese-lemon-bars/