White Chocolate Butter Bars

By Addie

My mom made these bars for years. I kinda thought she was a cooking genius. Until I saw that this is just about, basically, almost exactly the same recipe that EVERYONE IN ALL THE LAND uses for Gooey Butter cake. But, my mom did add white chocolate. Which is really a genius move. At least in my book.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cold butter
• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 egg
• 1 8-oz block of cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar, plus more for dusting
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips

Details

Adapted from cookiesandcups.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9x13" pan with cooking spray

In your mixing bowl combine the butter and cake mix. Beat on medium until the cake mix looks crumbly. Add egg and beat until smooth. Batter will be stiff. Press your mixture into your prepared pan. Sprinkle the white chocolate chips evenly over batter.

In another mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Pour this evenly over white chocolate chips and spread to edges of pan.

Bake for approx 30 minutes until center is set. Remove from oven and dust with powdered sugar. Let cool before cutting into squares.
Store in refrigerator for up to 3 days.