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      Title: Orange Marmalade Cream Cheese Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 24 servings
 
           Grant; hwwk11b
    3/4 c  Butter; softened
    3/4 c  Sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
      2 c  Flour
  1 1/3 c  Pecans, toasted; chopped
     12 oz Cream cheese; softened
      2    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
  1 1/2 c  Orange marmalade
 
  DESCRIPTION:  These make a great finale for brunch---A nutty shortbread
  crust
  topped with orange marmalade and cream cheese.
  
   Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x13 pan. Beat together butter, sugar and
  salt
  until light and fluffy. Add flour 1/2 cup at a time and mix until well
  blended.
  Stir in 1 C of the nuts (mixture will be crumbly).
  Place 1 c of mixture in small bowl and add remaining 1/3 c nuts. Set aside
  for
  topping. Press remaining mixture over bottom of buttered pan. Bake 15
  minutes.
  Cool. Beat cream cheese in large mixing bowl until smooth. Add eggs one at
  a
  time, beating well after each addition. STir in vanilla and 3/4 C of the
  marmalade. Spread cooled cookie base with remaining 3/4 c marmalade. Pour
  cream
  cheese mixture over top, spreading evenly. Top with reserved nut mixture.
  Bake
  20-25 minutes or until center looks set. Cool to room temp in pan on rack.
  Cover
  and refrigerate 3 hours.
  Cut into 24 squares. Refrigerate airtight up to 5 days. From "The Joy of
  Cookies," formatted by Theresa Grant, HWWK11b.
 
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