Creamy Lemon Squares

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Lemon, show us your sunny pop of color and your intense burst of flavor. Where would we, and these better-for-you creamy squares, be without you?

time

prep:

25 min

total:

3 hr 23 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 3/4 cup)

1/2

cup flour

1/4

cup packed brown sugar

1/4

cup cold margarine

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened

cup granulated sugar

eggs

Tbsp. flour

Tbsp. lemon zest, divided

1/4

cup fresh lemon juice

1/4

tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder

tsp. powdered sugar

Make It

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

LINE 8-inch square pan with foil. Mix first 3 ingredients in medium bowl. Cut in margarine with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; press onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake 15 min.

BEAT Neufchatel and granulated sugar with mixer until well blended. Add eggs and 2 Tbsp. flour; mix well. Blend in 1 Tbsp. zest, juice and baking powder; pour over crust.

BAKE 25 to 28 min. or until center is set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 2 hours. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and remaining zest before serving.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Substitute 1 Tbsp. each lemon, lime and orange zest for the 3 Tbsp. lemon zest.

Note from the Kraft Kitchens

For a softer crust, reduce the crust baking time from 15 min. to 5 min.

Note

You should get about 1 Tbsp. zest and 2 Tbsp. juice from 1 lemon.

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taramos1

posted:4/22/2011

Love making these and eating them....so has everyone else I've made them for. Baked them quite a bit over the last couple years always a hit!!

sweetart03

posted:4/20/2011

I made my with limes and limejuice. It was delicious. I had to use my food processer to crush the vanilla wafers, they didn't crush easily. I also had to cook it a little longer, about 15 minutes. And the filling isn't quite as full as the picture. But all in all, it had a good flavor and was very different.

pookie_is_here

posted:2/27/2011

These were amazing!! I could not believe something low-fat would taste sooooo good! I will definitely be making these again. Maybe even next week. Its calling to me from the fridge... lol!

Melsey62

posted:2/8/2011

Came out more like lemon cheesecake. Also used graham crackers instead of nilla wafers. Will use more butter in the crust. Overall not bad but expected something different. Wanted more of a meringue type texture.

a cook

posted:1/25/2011

Yummmm!!!! This recipe looks so delicious and is so delicious. You should make it!

hilbean88

posted:12/29/2010

I actually made the "full fat" version, using regular nilla wafers and regular cream cheese, but I'm sure it's just as good with the reduced fat ingredients ;)

a cook

posted:12/20/2010

Restaurant quality. Delicious and very lovely looking bars.

NicNowhere

posted:12/15/2010

I added more lemon zest and lemon juice. I also used crushed graham crackers instead of Nilla wafers for the crust which I only baked for 7 minutes so it was softer. This recipe is so much easier than my other traditional recipe, and the Neufchatel cheese makes them sooo creamy!

anncsu

posted:11/28/2010

YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM. I made it with crushed graham cracker and used other stuff EXACT. It's SOOO delicious!!

stacydean

posted:10/23/2010

Everyone loved this recipe. It was very good and very easy. will make again