Recipe - Strawberry-Filled Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

1 pack Pillsbury Moist Supreme
Lemon Cake Mix
One half cup Butter; Softened
One half cup Almonds; Finely Chopped
1 cup Strawberry Preserves
8 ounce Cream Cheese; Softened
One fourth cup Sugar
One fourth cup Pillsbury Best Flour
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
One half cup Frozen Concentrated
Margarita Mix; Thawed

1. Heat oven to 350*F. Grease 13X9inch pan.

2. Place cake mix in large bowl. With pastry blender or fork, cut in butter
until crumbly. Add almonds; mix well. Reserve 1 cup mixture for topping.
Press remaining mixture in bottom of greased pan. Stir preserves until
smooth; carefully spread over base.

3. In same bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, flour, salt and egg; beat
until well blended. Add margarita mix; beat at low speed until blended.
Carefully pour filling over base. Sprinkle with reserved base mixture.

4. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until edges begin to brown and center is
set. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled. Cut into bars. Store in
refrigerator.

32 bars

NOTES : For neatlooking bars and easy cleanup, spread preserves to =
within One fourth inch of the side of the pan. Preserves should not touch the side
of the = pan.

Recipe by: Pillsbury Classic Cookies and Bars

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by candi@mcmsys.com (Candi) on Sep 08, 1998,
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