Cream Cheese Crunchies

A nice light dessert.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 36 bars

Ingredients

• 2  cups  peanut butter morsels
• 6  tablespoons butter or 6  tablespoons margarine
• 2  cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2  cups  chopped walnuts
• 10  ounces  softened cream cheese
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 4  eggs
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine in double boiler over hot water, morsels and butter.
3. Heat until melted and smooth.
4. Transfer to large bowl.
5. Stir in crumbs and nuts.
6. Mix with a fork until mixture forms a crumbly dough.
7. Reserve 2 cups mixture for topping.
8. Press remaining mixture into a 15x10x1 baking pan.
9. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
10. In large bowl, combine cream cheese and sugar.
11. Beat until smooth.
12. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
13. Blend in flour and lemon juice.
14. Pour evenly over baked crust.
15. Sprinkle top with reserved crumbs.
16. Bake at 350F for 20 minutes.
17. Cool completely.
18. Cut into 2x1 inch bars.
19. Chill.