Strawberry-Filled Lemon Cream Cheese Bars
By lisapearce
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- Base
- 1 1
- box lemon or yellow cake mix
- 1/2 1/2
- cup margarine or butter, softened
- 1/2 1/2
- cup finely chopped almonds
- 1 1
- cup strawberry preserves or jelly
- Filling
- 1 1
- package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 1/4
- cup sugar
- 1/4 1/4
- cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 1/8
- teaspoon salt
- 1 1
- egg
- 1/2 1/2
- cup frozen concentrated margarita mix, thawed
Details
Adapted from pillsbury.com
Preparation
Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease 13x9-inch pan. Place cake mix in large bowl. With pastry blender or fork, cut in butter until crumbly. Add almonds; mix well. Reserve 1 cup mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture in bottom of pan. Stir preserves until smooth; carefully spread over base.
2 In same bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, salt and egg with electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add margarita mix; beat at low speed until blended. Carefully pour filling over base. Sprinkle reserved base mixture over filling.
3 Bake 34 to 41 minutes or until edges begin to brown and center is set. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Cut into bars. Store covered in refrigerator.
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