Orange marmalade cream cheese bars

24 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Grant; HWWK11b
¾ cup Butter; softened
¾ cup Sugar
¼ teaspoon Salt
2 cups Flour
1⅓ cup Pecans, toasted; chopped
12 ounces Cream cheese; softened
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1½ cup Orange marmalade

Directions

DESCRIPTION: These make a great finale for brunch---A nutty shortbread crust topped with orange marmalade and cream cheese.

Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x13 pan. Beat together butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Add flour ½ cup at a time and mix until well blended. Stir in 1 C of the nuts (mixture will be crumbly). Place 1 c of mixture in small bowl and add remaining ⅓ c nuts. Set aside for topping.

Press remaining mixture over bottom of buttered pan. Bake 15 minutes. Cool.

Beat cream cheese in large mixing bowl until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. STir in vanilla and ¾ C of the marmalade. Spread cooled cookie base with remaining ¾ c marmalade. Pour cream cheese mixture over top, spreading evenly. Top with reserved nut mixture. Bake 20-25 minutes or until center looks set. Cool to room temp in pan on rack. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours. Cut into 24 squares.

Refrigerate airtight up to 5 days. From "The Joy of Cookies," formatted by Theresa Grant, HWWK11b.

Posted to EAT-L Digest 23 Sep 96 Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 03:27:22 -0500 From: LD Goss <ldgoss@...>

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