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.

Pizza Casserole

This is what went on at Pizza Night the other night....

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• 1 lb. Bow Tie Pasta
• 1 lb. Pork Sausage
• 1 small Onion, chopped
• 2 (26 oz) jars Spaghetti Sauce
• 1 lb. cubed cooked Ham
• 1/2 -1 lb. sliced Pepperoni
• 6 T. grated Parmesan cheese
• 3 (8 oz) bags of shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 T. chopped Garlic
• 1 t. dried Oregano

Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente.

Cook sausage, garlic and oregano with onions until the juices run clear.

In a lightly greased 9x13 inch pan, pour a small amount of sauce to lightly coat bottom.

Layer ingredients:

1st layer-1/3 of the pasta, 1/3 remaining sauce, 1 bag of mozzarella cheese, 2 T. Parmesan cheese, sausage and onions mixture.

2nd layer- 1/2 of the remaining pasta, 1/2 remaining sauce, 1 bag of Mozzarella cheese, 2 T. Parmesan cheese, and ham.

3rd layer- all remining pasta, all remaining sauce, 1 bag mozzarella cheese, 2 T. Parmesan cheese, all the pepperoni.

Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

Check It Out!

My Peppermint Chex Mix recipe is being featured today over at Will There Be Food There? as part of her 'Home Baked Holidays' series she is doing for the month of December.

Go check it out and show Tiffany some love!