Apple Butter Spice Bars

Name: Apple Butter Spice Bars
Ingredients: Nonstick vegetable cooking spray, Pam(R); 1 package (18.25-ounce) spice cake mix, Betty Crocker(R); 2 packets (0.74 ounce each) spiced cider drink mix, Alpine(R); 1 1/4 cups apple juice, Tree Top(R); 1 cup apple butter; 1/2 cup vegetable oil, Crisco(R); 3 eggs; 3/4 cup chopped walnuts, Diamond(R); 1/2 cup dried sliced apples, chopped, Mariani(R); 1 package (8-ounce) cream cheese, softened, Philadelphia(R); 1/4 cup packed brown sugar, C&H(R); 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

12 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

Nonstick vegetable cooking spray, Pam(R)
1 package (18.25-ounce) spice cake mix, Betty Crocker(R)
2 packets (0.74 ounce each) spiced cider drink mix, Alpine(R)
1 1/4 cups apple juice, Tree Top(R)
1 cup apple butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil, Crisco(R)
3 eggs
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, Diamond(R)
1/2 cup dried sliced apples, chopped, Mariani(R)
1 package (8-ounce) cream cheese, softened, Philadelphia(R)
1/4 cup packed brown sugar, C&H(R)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2

In a large bowl, combine dry cake mix and 11?2 packets of the cider mix.
3

Add apple juice, 1?4 cup of the apple butter, the oil, and eggs; beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds.
4

Scrape down sides of bowl; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
5

Pour into prepared pan.
6

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
7

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, toss walnuts and dried apples with the remaining 1?2 packet cider mix; set aside.
8

In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, the remaining 3?4 cup apple butter, the brown sugar, and flour; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
9

Remove pan from oven.
10

Pour cream cheese mixture over partially baked cake.
11

Sprinkle walnut and apple mixture on top.
12

Return to oven; bake for 20 to 25 minutes more.
13

Cool in pan on a wire rack.
14

Cut into bars.