Strawberry-Filled Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

By CarolineNGa

Ingredients

• 1 box lemon or yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
• 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
• 1 cup strawberry preserves or jelly
• 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup frozen concentrated margarita mix, thawed

Details

Servings 1
Cooking time 135mins
Adapted from pillsbury.com

Preparation

Step 1

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.

Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 Bar Calories160 ( Calories from Fat60),
% Daily Value Total Fat7g7% (Saturated Fat3 1/2g,3 1/2% Trans Fat0g0% ), Cholesterol20mg20%; Sodium160mg160%; Total Carbohydrate23g23% (Dietary Fiber0g0% Sugars14g14% ), Protein1g1% ; % Daily Value*: Vitamin A4%; Vitamin C0%; Calcium4%; Iron2%;
Exchanges:1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat; Carbohydrate Choices:1 1/2 *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.