Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Easy Lemon Bars

We like to take dessert when we go over to the parents' houses for Sunday dinner, so we don't feel like total mooches. So, I'm always looking for fast and tasty dessert recipes, and this was a winner! Normally, lemon bars are too sugary sweet for me, but this was a much more subtle recipe, and everyone seemed to like it.
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1 Yellow Cake box mix (best if it's the pudding kind)
1 egg
1/3 cup oil
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1 8 oz. package of cream cheese
3 Tbsp lemon juice
1/3 cup white sugar
1 egg
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Mix the cake mix with the egg and oil until crumbly.

Reserve 1 cup of the crumbs, and put the rest in an ungreased 9x13 pan.

Bake at 350 F for 15 minutes.

While that's baking, mix the cream cheese, lemon juice, sugar, and egg together to make the creamy topping.

Spread this over the cooked crust and then sprinkle with the remaining crumb mixture.

Bake an additional 15 minutes. Cool for an hour (while you eat dinner), then cut into bars and serve.

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