Cream Cheese Crunchies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups peanut butter morsels
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• 10 ounces softened cream cheese
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 combine in double boiler over hot water, morsels and butter.
• 3 heat until melted and smooth.
• 4 transfer to large bowl.
• 5 stir in crumbs and nuts.
• 6 mix with a fork until mixture forms a crumbly dough.
• 7 reserve 2 cups mixture for topping.
• 8 press remaining mixture into a 15x10x1 baking pan.
• 9 bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
• 10 in large bowl, combine cream cheese and sugar.
• 11 beat until smooth.
• 12 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 13 blend in flour and lemon juice.
• 14 pour evenly over baked crust.
• 15 sprinkle top with reserved crumbs.
• 16 bake at 350f for 20 minutes.
• 17 cool completely.
• 18 cut into 2x1 inch bars.
• 19 chill.