Name: Easy Eatin' Lemon Bars
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 48 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 (18 1/2 ounce) package yellow cake mix; 1/3 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup pecans, chopped; 1 (3 ounce) package lemon pudding mix (cook-type); 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk; 1 lemon, juice and zest of; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 lemon

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Easy Eatin' Lemon Bars created by Susan Dillard

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.

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ingredients

Base and Topping
1 (18 1/2 ounce) 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

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

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"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."

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review by JPGR9497

6/15/2006

These are a winner! My family raved about these. I did not change a thing.

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review by Musical Joy

8/1/2004

Fantastic recipe. I couldn't believe how easy they were to make - you don't even have to cook the pudding! Very tangy. The whole family loved them. I used a standard 10 x 13 cake pan and had to increase the baking time to about 35 minutes, but they baked just perfectly. Thank you for sharing.

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photo by Susan Dillard

7/6/2004

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review by Susan Dillard

7/5/2004

These lemon bars are GREAT! They are also very easy to prepare. I took them to a 4th of July barbecue yesterday and everyone loved them! Thanks for a great recipe, I will be fixing this one a lot in the future. I used the Pampered Chef bar pan and the filling covered it all perfectly.

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review by HEP MEP

4/8/2003

These are great! I made them this morning and they were very easy.(except I forgot to reserve some crust for the topping, so I did a little scraping - caught myself in time though) We all like lemon here and these bars are certainly lemony and rich. I used a regular 9x13 pan and they came out just fine. Thanks for sharing this one.

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