Recipe: Cheesecake Bars with Cranberry Swirls (using cake mix and cranberry sauce)

Cheesecake Bars with Cranberry Swirls

Crust:
1 yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Filling:
1 package cream cheese, softened (8 ounces)
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 can whole berry cranberry sauce (10 ounce)

In a large bowl, combine cake mix, butter and egg and beat at low speed until crumbly. Add pecans and mix well. Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 13x9 inch pan.

Bake at 350F for 5 minutes just until crust is set.

In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and egg until smooth.

In a separate bowl, blend together cranberry sauce and nutmeg. Pour cream cheese mixture over crust. Spoon cranberry sauce in 3 rows lengthwise in pan. Run a knife through the cranberry sauce and cream cheese mixture to form swirls.

Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes, or until cream cheese mixture is set. Cool and cut into bars.

Source: Iowa Egg Council