Creamy Lemon-Nut Bars

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Two favorite dessert recipes combined together- refreshing lemon bars and creamy cheesecake. What's not to love?!

time

prep:

30 min

total:

2 hr

servings

total:

32 servings

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What You Need

1/2

cup butter, softened

1/3

cup powdered sugar

tsp. vanilla

1-3/4

cups flour, divided

1/3

cup finely chopped PLANTERS Pecans

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

cups granulated sugar

eggs

Tbsp. lemon zest

1/2

cup lemon juice

Tbsp. powdered sugar

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

BEAT butter, 1/3 cup powdered sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Gradually beat in 1-1/2 cups flour. Stir in nuts; press onto bottom of13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 15 min.

MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add remaining flour, lemon zest and juice; mix well.

POUR cream cheese mixture over crust. Bake 30 min. or until center is set. Cool completely. Sprinkle with 1 Tbsp. powdered sugar just before cutting into bars to serve.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Variation

Prepare using lime zest and lime juice.

How to Store

Keep refrigerated.

How to Grate Citrus Peel

Always wash and dry citrus fruit before grating. Move the whole fruit up and down on the side of the grater with the smallest holes to remove ONLY the surface of the fruit peel. (The inner white part is bitter.) Continue to grate the fruit until you have the desired amount of grated peel, rotating the fruit on the grater as necessary. Use a pastry brush or old clean toothbrush to aid in cleaning grater.

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a cook

posted:3/16/2005

Make sure your mixer is working, it is hard to do by hand. Also, to get 32 bars, you need to cut them small. They tasted great!

lablab

posted:3/11/2005

very tasty, I love how moist it is . My friends love it and looking forward for another batch.

Fred418

posted:1/11/2005

I have a coffee cafe in our church and I bake three times a week for it.They always have a feature in the bulletin about it.For example,they may say "see what chef Fred has cooked up for you today".We are rather new with this cafe,but the response has been great.It was taking up a lot of my time finding new recipes,and then I found your site.What a lifesaver.I already made your Philadelphie cheesecake bars and they were a big hit,so now I visit your site everyday.These creamy lemon nut bars sold out and now I'm looking for a blueberry and a blackberry topping for another cheesecake.I promise to rate every recipe I try.Looking forward to my next one.Thanks,Chef Fred