Cheesecake Brownie Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box dark chocolate cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 8 ounces low-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 lemon, zest of

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 combine 2 of the eggs, cake mix and melted butter, blend completely.
• 3 reserve 1 cup of mixture and press remaining into bottom of 9x13 glass baking dish. (i usually mist with cooking spray first).
• 4 bake this bottom layer for 15 minutes.
• 5 blend remaining egg, cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla and lemon zest until creamy and smooth.
• 6 pour this mixture over top of the baked cake mix layer. take the 1 cup of reserved cake mixture and break off into dime sized pieces and scatter across the top of the cheesecake layer.
• 7 bake for 15-20 minutes depending on oven.