I love desserts with lemon and this one is full of LEMON! I made this recipe for our MOPS steering team meeting. It was a winner!
Cream Cheese Lemon Bars
- 1 box lemon cake mix
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine – softened
- 3 egg
- 2- 8 ounces cream cheese – softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- zest from 1 lemon
- 3-4 tablespoons lemon juice or juice from 1 fresh squeezed lemon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Ready for the oven.
In a mixing bowl, blend dry cake mix, butter, and 1 egg. Press into a 9 x 13 pan, ungreased.
- Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Gradually blend in the powdered sugar. Stir in lemon peel and lemon juice until smooth. Reserve 1/2 of this mixture and refrigerate it for later use.
- In a small bowl, beat the remaining 2 eggs, add the vanilla. Then beat this mixture into the remaining cream cheese mixture until well blended.
- Spread over the cake mixture. Bake at 350° until set, approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
- Let cool completely.
- After it has cooled completely, spread the reserved cream cheese mixture onto the bars. Refrigerate until firm; then cut into squares and serve.
Lemony Goodness!
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Hi Lisa,
We would just love your Cream Cheese Lemon Bars, they look yummy! I am sharing my Chipotle Chocolate Molten Cake today. Hope you are having a great week and thank you so much for hosting the party for us!
Miz Helen
Your lemon bars look luscious! I linked up my Mocha Fudge Bundt Cake, which also starts with a cake mix.
Thanks so much for hosting. That cake looks so amazingly yummy! Have a great Tuesday.
Hi Lisa
I love you lemon bars! These are the kind of bars that disappear quite fast.
I’m sharing today my “Hamantashen – triangular shortbread cookies”
Thanks for hosting, and hope you have a great week
Winnie
I love anything with lemon too! Those look great! This week I’m sharing a recipe for chicken with mushrooms and zucchini. Thanks for hosting.
I love lemon desserts as well. Most of my desserts are either lemon or coconut. 🙂 I am linking up a chocolate swirl cheesecake recipe today.
I agree, lemon is one of my favorites, especially in spring/summer. I am sharing my Black Bean and Avocado Salad today. Thanks so much for hosting.
Omg this just sounds sinful! Must try!
I’m with you on the lemon. It adds such a great fresh burst to desserts! Yum – and so like the usual lemon bars I see. I love this idea.
anything with lemon has to be good, you can’t go wrong with lemon! lol
Helen
Those bars look delicious! Thanks for hosting!
Those lemon bars look fantastic!
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