Cream Cheese Bars

starryangel777's Note:

My mom has been making this recipe for as long as I can remember. At any gathering these are the first to go.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 32

• 2/3 cup of stick margarine or 2/3 cup butter (softened)
• 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup walnuts or 3/4 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (softened)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream margarine and brown sugar.
3. Add flour and nuts.
4. Mix to crumb mixture.
5. Save about 1 cup of the crumb mixture, press the rest into a 13x9 baking pan.
6. Bake crust at 350 for 12-15 minutes, remove from oven.
7. Cream regular sugar and cream cheese.
8. Add eggs, milk, lemon juice and vanilla.
9. Beat until smooth.
10. Spread cream cheese mixture over baked crust.
11. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
12. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

Reviews

[Shanamah]

Yum, yum! I couldn't stop eating the batter. I only had one package of cream cheese, so I only had half as much filling, and mixed it with about cup of strawberry preserves. I'll be lucky if these survive the long drive to my in-laws!

[daisyshae]

I couldn't keep my family out of these! Best of all, I had nearly all of the ingredients on hand. Definetley a winner:)

[Chef #176507]

It tasted really bad