Orange Marmalade Cream Cheese Bars
Source of Recipe
TNT Recipeletter
List of Ingredients
3/4 cup Butter -- softened
3/4 cup Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 cups Flour
1 1/3 cups chopped pecans -- toasted
12 ozs Cream cheese -- softened
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 1/2 cups Orange marmalade
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x13 pan. Beat together butter, sugar
and salt until light and fluffy. Add flour 1/2 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 1/3 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 3/4 C
of the marmalade. Spread cooled cookie base with remaining 3/4 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.
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