Apple Cream Cheese Breakfast Bars
Amazing, tasty recipe that is a real crowd pleaser! The crust was really good, I wouldn't have thought it would taste so chewy with the ingredients used but it was! I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does.
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1(18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
- 1⁄4teaspoon fresh lemon zest
- 12
- 1⁄2cup sugar
- 2
- 1⁄2cup half-and-half
- 2teaspoons vanilla
- 1⁄3cup sugar
- 1teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄4
- 2 1⁄2
- 1⁄2cup sliced almonds
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DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350. Combine cake mix and 1/4 tsp lemon peel in a large bowl, reserving 1/2 cup of the mixture; set aside.
- Add butter to remaining mixture and beat with electric mixer at low speed until crumbly.
- Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Beat cream cheese and reserved 1/2 cup cake mix in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
- Gradually add 1/2 cup of sugar, beating until creamy. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition.
- Blend in half and half and vanilla, pour into baked crust.
- Combine 1/3 cup sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and remaining 1/4 tsp lemon peel in large bowl; add apples. Gently toss until evenly coated.
- Spoon apple mixture over cream cheese batter, sprinkle with almonds.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely on wire rack and then cut into bars.
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