Strawberry-Filled Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

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Strawberry-Filled Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

Prep 30 min
Total 2 hr 15 min
Ingredients 10
Servings 32

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

By Pillsbury Kitchens

Updated August 23, 2011

Ingredients

Base

box lemon or yellow cake mix

1/2

cup margarine or butter, softened

1/2

cup finely chopped almonds

cup strawberry preserves or jelly

Filling

package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

1/4

cup sugar

1/4

cup all-purpose flour

1/8

teaspoon salt

egg

1/2

cup frozen concentrated margarita mix, thawed

Steps

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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.

Expert Tips

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 Facts

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 160
Calories from Fat: 60

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 11%
Saturated Fat 3 1/2g 18% Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol: 20mg; 7%
Sodium: 160mg; 7%
Potassium: 40mg; 1%
Total Carbohydrate: 23g; 8%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 14g
Protein: 1g

% Daily Value*:

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