OOEY GOOEY BUTTER BARS

Ooey Gooey Butter Bars

From Paula Deen. Makes ~24 bars.

There are some “real” recipes floating around out there, but honestly, the whole point of this is that it’s a midwestern “church dinner” recipe, as my step-mom would put it: it takes 20 minutes to pull together, involves some sort of fake, is delicious, and that’s all that matters. 

Crust
1, 18.25 oz package yellow cake mix
1 egg
8 T butter, melted

Filling
1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
8 T butter, melted
1, 16 oz box powdered sugar

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13×9″ baking pan
• In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, combine the cake mix, 1 egg, and 8 T butter and mix well
• Pat the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan
• In a large bowl, whip the cream cheese until smooth
• Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter and beat together
• Add the powdered sugar a mix very well
• Spread the filling over the crust and bake for ~40 to 50 minutes Do not over bake; the center should be a bit gooey…They’re ooey gooey butter bars after all!