Strawberry Cream Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. Chill a metal bowl in refrigerator.
• Mix flour, pecans, butter, and white sugar in a bowl and press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking pan.
• Bake the crust in the preheated oven until golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes; cool in pan on wire rack.
• Mix 1 cup brown sugar, corn syrup, and cornstarch in a saucepan; stir in rhubarb. Bring the rhubarb mixture to a boil; reduce heat and cook, stirring often, until thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Let the filling cool and stir in strawberries.
• Beat cream cheese with confectioners' sugar in a bowl until smooth.
• Pour heavy cream into chilled metal bowl and whip with an electric mixer until fluffy and the cream holds soft peaks, about 3 minutes. Fold 1 cup of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture; reserve remaining whipped cream.
• Spread the cream cheese mixture over the cooled crust and top with the rhubarb mixture; spoon the remaining whipped cream over rhubarb layer. Refrigerate until set and thoroughly chilled, 3 to 4 hours; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons brown sugar.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat butter, cake mix and 1 egg in large bowl with mixer until crumbly. Reserve 3/4 cup crumb mixture; press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 10 min.
• Meanwhile, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar and vanilla until blended. Add remaining egg; mix well.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over crust; top with strawberries, then reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake 45 min. or until center is set and crumb topping is lightly browned. Cool completely. Refrigerate 30 min. before cutting into bars.
• Garnish with sifted powdered sugar just before serving.