Cranberry Cheesecake Bars

Crust:
1 pkg. Pillsbury Plus butter recipe cake mix
1/2 c. margarine or butter, softened
1 egg
1/4 c. chopped pecans

Filling:
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 egg
10 oz. can whole berry cranberry sauce

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine cake mix, margarine and 1 egg at low speed until crumbly. Add pecans; mix well. Press evenly in bottom of ungreased 13 x 9-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 to 8 minutes or until crust is set, crust will not be browned.
In small bowl, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and 1 egg; beat until smooth. Add nutmeg to cranberry sauce; blend well. Carefully pour cream cheese mixture over crust. Spoon cranberry sauce in 3 rows lengthwise in pan. Pull knife through cranberry sauce and into cream cheese mixture to form swirls. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until cream cheese mixture is set. Cool completely. Cut into bars. Makes 36 bars.

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