Sweet Potato and Cream Cheese Bars

Sweet Potato Cream Cheese Bars are perfectly flavored for fall. The flavor of sweet potatoes, pecans, and fall spices shine through in these rich, buttery bars.

Prep Time20

Cook Time45

Total Time1 5

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Southern

Servings:

Equipment

Ingredients

1 regular size box white cake mix
1 cup chopped toasted pecans
1/2 cup cold butter cubed
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese softened
1/2 cup sugar
3 large eggs divided
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk, divided
3 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes about 3 medium to large sweet potatoes
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
In a large bowl, combine dry cake mix and pecans. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or your fingers. Press mixture into bottom of prepared pan.
Using an electric stand or hand mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, 1 egg, and 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Set aside.
In a clean bowl, stir together sweet potatoes, remaining 2 eggs, remaining sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla extract. Pour mixture over pecan/cake mixture.
Drop cream cheese mixture by spoonfuls over sweet potato mixture. Cut through the cream cheese with a knife to swirl the 2 layers together.
Bake until set, about 45 minutes. Cool completely and then refrigerate for at least 4 hours before cutting into squares and serving.

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