These YUMMY Lemon Bars are one of my many findings on Pinterest. Everyday, I would see their amazing picture and everyday, I would wish I was eating one. So, here they are! They are super tasty. They are chewy, creamy, lemony and they melt in your mouth (yes that is all possible in one little bar)! Delish!
Cream Cheese Lemon Bars
adapted from: Recipe Tips
1 lemon cake mix
1/3 c. butter, softened
1 egg
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 c. powdered sugar
1/2 lemon, grated
2 Tbl. fresh lemon juice
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Combine cake mix, butter and egg. Press into a 9x13 inch baking pan. In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, grated lemon zest and lemon juice. Mix well and reserve 1/2 cup for a later use. Add eggs and vanilla extract to remaining cream cheese mixture. Mix until completely combined. Spread over cake batter. Bake at 350 degrees until set, approximately 25-30 minutes. Cool completely. Spread reserved cream cheese mixture over the top. Refrigerate until firm. Cut and serve. Keep refrigerated.
Jenn's Notes: I omitted the lemon zest, because I had several, already zested, lemons leftover from my fave zucchini muffins, so I just added the juice and they had a great fresh lemony flavor. I baked mine for 30 minutes and they were slightly overbaked, so the bottom was a little dark, but they were still very very yummy. You want to bake them until the top is no longer jiggly, but be careful not to overbake.
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