Cream Cheese Lemon Bars

Lemon bars are one of my favorite deserts but these cream cheese lemon bars just bumped up the game. So yummy!

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• 1 box Lemon Cake Mix
• 1/3 c. butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 c. Powdered Sugar
• Zest of 1/2 a lemon
• 1 T. Lemon juice
• 2 eggs
• 1 t. Vanilla

 In a mixing bowl, blend dry cake mix, butter and 1 egg. Press into an ungreased 9x13 in pan.

In another bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.Gradually blend int he powdered sugar.  Stir in the lemon zest and lemon juice until smooth.  Reserve 1/2 c. of this mixture and refrigerate it for later use.

Beat the remaining 2 eggs, add the vanilla, and then beat this mixture into the remaining cream cheese mixture until well blended.

Spread over the cake mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees until set, approximately 25-30 mintutes. Allow for it to completely cool and then spread the reserved cream cheese mixture onto the bars.

Refrigerate until firm; cut into squares to serve.