Great Southern Chess Bars! This recipe for chess squares works very well, and is easy. You can cut the recipe in half, and it fits a 9″ round pan perfectly.
They are really, really sweet and very rich. The recipe makes a lot of the cream cheese layer, you could easily cut it in half if you want less sugar.
Overall, if you like chess squares, this recipe is great. If you think it’s too much sugar, you’re obviously not from the South.
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Southern Chess Bars
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Southern Chess Bars are a delicious dessert easily made with cake mix!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Southern Chess Bars
Servings: 6
Calories: 345 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 18.25 ounce package yellow cake mix
- 1 cup melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
- Mix together the cake mix, melted butter and the egg. Stir in the chopped pecans. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with the confectioners' sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time until blended.
- Pour cream cheese mixture over crust. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
- Cool in the pan, then cut into squares before serving.
Enjoy!
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