Strawberry-Filled Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

Delicious strawberry-filled bars recipe – a delightful dessert with cream cheese, sugar and margarita mix!

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ingredients 10
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 2 hr 15 min

Ingredients

Base

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

Filling

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

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Directions

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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For an adult gathering, serve this dessert as part of a Mexican-themed dinner. Start the party with margaritas (the kids can have lemonade), then move on to Beef Enchilada Casserole, along with a tossed salad. Cap off the meal with these margarita-flavored bars.

Pictured with Sunburst Lemon Bars.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 160
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 20mg; 20%;
Sodium: 160mg; 160%;
Total Carbohydrate: 23g; 23%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 14g 14% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 4%;
Iron: 2%;

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.

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Extra07

report Posted Apr. 27, 2011 3:17 PM

These came out really nice. I used low sugar strawberry preserves & it was delicious. I personally thought the dessert too sweet for MY taste but my family & friends went back for seconds and then again the following day.

GINGER456

report Posted Apr. 19, 2011 9:46 PM

I have not made this yet, but it looks delicious. My cousin is having her wedding shower in a couple months, I plan on making several for dessert, the gals with love it. I'm sure......Ginger