Cream Cheese Bars

Cream Cheese Bars

Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup of stick margarine or 2/3 cup butter (softened)
• 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup walnuts or 3/4 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (softened)

Directions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 Cream margarine and brown sugar.
• 3 Add flour and nuts.
• 4 Mix to crumb mixture.
• 5 Save about 1 cup of the crumb mixture, press the rest into a 13x9 baking pan.
• 6 Bake crust at 350 for 12-15 minutes, remove from oven.
• 7 Cream regular sugar and cream cheese.
• 8 Add eggs, milk, lemon juice and vanilla.
• 9 Beat until smooth.
• 10 Spread cream cheese mixture over baked crust.
• 11 Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
• 12 Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.