Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Gooey lemon bars recipe SO GOOD!!!!

Well, it's always fun to find a new recipe that everyone loves especially if it is a desert one.  But, it comes with an element of danger!  I wasn't even going to try this recipe because it had a cake box  in the recipe.  Was I ever in heaven.  Unfortunately.  I could eat the entire pan!  I have been getting recipes from a cook book and web site of a group of awesome cooks that call themselves "Six Sisters".  They make easy delicious meals.  I love also that they are all sisters and an added bonus is that they are LDS.  I love the family feeling that I get from them.  I think from now on though, these food pictures need to include my awesome kids who are so appreciative of my cookin'! 

Here is the recipe:

CRUST:
1 (18.25-oz.) box lemon cake mix
1/2 cup butter
1 egg, slightly beaten

FILLING/FROSTING
2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
3 to 4 T butter, softened
1 1/2 T lemon juice
3 to 5 drops yellow food coloring
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Combine crust ingredients and mix with fork.  Press down in a 9x13-inch pan with greased bottom.  Set aside.

For filling, mix powdered sugar and butter with a hand mixer.  Add enough lemon juice to form the consistency of thick frosting.  Fold in cream cheese and yellow food coloring.  Set aside 1 C to spread on top after baking.  Be sure not to skip this step!  Add eggs to remaining frosting mixture and beat until fluffy.  Spread on top of cake mix in the pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes.  Watch carefully so it doesn't over-bake.  Let cool completely and then spread reserved frosting mixture on top.

Makes 20 bars, or makes 1 bar depending on if you eat like me or not. :)

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