Easy Eatin' Lemon Bars

These were brought into my work recently to celebrate a co-worker's birthday. Absolutely incredible! The baker was hunted down and made to hand out the recipe. ;) It came from her Pampered Chef cookbook, and the pan she used was one of their 'bar pans'. I'm sure a 13X.. or 15X.. could be substituted, but the baking time should probably be adjusted.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 48

Ingredients

• Base and Topping

• 1 (18 1/2ounce) package  yellow cake mix
• 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped

• Filling

• 1 (3 ounce) package lemon pudding mix (cook-type)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1  lemon, juice and zest of

• Glaze

• 1  cup powdered sugar
• 1  lemon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. For Base& Topping: Combine cake mix and butter, and blend thoroughly.
3. Add pecans and mix well.
4. Reserve 1 cup of the crumb mixture for topping.
5. Press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of pan.
6. Roll lightly with glass or pin to smooth out.
7. For Filling: Combine pudding mix and sweetened condensed milk, mixing until smooth.
8. Add lemon zest and juice to pudding mixture; mix well.
9. Pour filling over base and spread gently across.
10. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
11. Bake 25-28 minutes or until light golden brown.
12. Cool 10 minutes.
13. For Glaze: Juice lemon to yield 3-5 teaspoons of juice.
14. Combine powdered sugar and juice; drizzle over warm bars.
15. Cool an additional 20 minutes.
16. Cut into bars and serve.