Recipe for the day ~ Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:

Cooking Spray

2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent roll dough (such as Pillsbury®), divided

2 lemons, zest and juiced, divided

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup white sugar

2 Tbspns butter, melted

3 Tbspns white sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350

Line the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray

Press 1 can of the crescent roll dough onto the bottom of the 9x13 dish; stretching to the edges

Mix the zest of 1 1/2 lemons and juice from the 2 lemons together in a bowl

Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar into the lemon zest until smooth and creamy

Spread over the crescent roll dough layer

Unroll the second can of crescent roll dough and layer over the cream cheese mixture, gently stretching dough to the edges

Brush melted butter over the crescent roll dough layer

Mix remaining lemon zest and 3 Tbspns sugar together

Sprinkle over butter

Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown

Allow to cool for about 20 minutes

Lift dessert from baking dish using the foil; transfer to a cutting board

Cut into squares, leaving on foil

Return dessert to 9x13 and refrigerate until chilled (at least 1 hour)