Clarion County Recipe of the Day: Sweet Potato Cream Cheese Bars

J.C. Taggart

J.C. Taggart

Published January 7, 2018 5:01 am
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A flavorful mid-morning treat!

Sweet Potato Cream Cheese Bars

Ingredients

1 regular-size package white cake mix
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
3 large eggs, divided
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk, divided
3 cups cooked and mashed medium-sized sweet potatoes
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Directions

~Preheat oven to 350°.

~ Combine cake mix and pecans; cut in butter until crumbly. Press mixture onto bottom of a greased 13×9-in. baking dish.

~Beat cream cheese, sugar, 1 egg and 2 tablespoons milk until smooth; set aside. Stir together sweet potatoes, remaining eggs, remaining milk and pie spice; pour over pecan mixture. Dollop cream cheese mixture over sweet potato mixture. Cut through cream cheese mixture with a knife to swirl into sweet potato mixture.

~Bake until set and slightly golden on top, about 45 minutes.

~Allow to cool completely; chill before cutting into bars.

~Makes two dozen bars.

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