Easy Cranberry Cheesecake Bars

10 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 (10 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. 2
    Combine cake mix, butter, 1 egg and pecans. Mix until smooth. It will look like cookie dough.
  3. 3
    Line a 12x8 glass dish with dough.
  4. 4
    Bake for 7 minutes or until crust is set, but not browned.
  5. 5
    Cream the cream cheese with the powdered sugar, vanilla and 1 egg.
  6. 6
    In separate mixing bowl combine cranberry sauce with nutmeg.
  7. 7
    Pour cream cheese mixture over top of crust, making sure to spread evenly.
  8. 8
    Spoon cranberry sauce into three horizontal lines. Run a butter knife through cranberry sauce into cream cheese mixture to create swirls.
  9. 9
    Bake for 35 minutes or until cream cheese mixture is set.
  10. 10
    Cool completely and cut into bars.

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