Shelly's Recipe

LEMON NUT BARS

Category: Bars

1 1/3 cups flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 cup old fashioned or quick oats
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 egg
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp grated lemon peel

Preheat oven to 350. Stir together flour and sugars in a medium bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles a coarse meal.. Stir in oats and nuts. Reserve 1 cup mixture and press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of a greased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes.

Beat remaining ingredients until well blended. Pour over crust; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake 25 minutes. Cool; cut into bars.