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Cream Cheese Lime Bars Recipe

A delicoius and light summer dessert! Cream Cheese Lime Bars
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Dessert bars, lime bars
Servings: 15
Calories: 302kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • 9x13-inch Baking Pan

Ingredients

Crust

  • 15.25 ounces key lime cake mix
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup butter softened

Middle/Frosting layer

  • 3 Tablespoons butter softened
  • 2 ½ cups powdered sugar more or less if needed
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice
  • 3 drops green food coloring
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 2 eggs

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • For crust layer, combine softened butter, eggs, and the cake mix.
  • Stir until combined and press into a greased 9x13 glass pan. Set aside.
  • For middle/frosting layer. beat together powdered sugar and butter.
  • Add lime juice until consistency of thick frosting is reached, if needed add more powdered sugar.
  • Mix in cream cheese, and food coloring.
  • Set aside one cup of mixture for frosting.
  • With remaining mixture, beat in two eggs until fluffy.
  • Pour new mixture over the crust, and bake for 25-30 minutes or until center is done.
  • Let bars cool for about 15 minutes before spreading the frosting mixture on top.

Nutrition

Calories: 302kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 358mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 390IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 1mg