Delicious Lemon Squares

Bottom Layer:
1/2 cup/125 mL butter
1 cup/250 mL flour
1/2 cup/125 mL chopped pecans
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Butter Extract

Cream Layer:
1 cup/250 mL powdered sugar
8 oz/227 g fat-free or light cream cheese (at room temperature)
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla
Half of a 1-quart/liter container of whipped topping

Lemon Layer:
1 pie filling recipe from Watkins Lemon Dessert package
using 2-1/2 cups/625 mL water
Watkings Lemon Dessert Mix
1 tbsp/15 mL lemon juice

Cooking Directions
Combine bottom layer ingredients and pack into an 11 x 7”/28 x 18 cm baking pan. Bake at 375°F/190°C for 15 minutes. Cool completely. Cream together powdered sugar and cream cheese. Add whipped topping and fold in. Prepare lemon pie filling; add lemon juice and let cool. Spread a thin layer of cream mixture over baked bottom layer. Spread lemon filling on top; spread rest of cream mixture on top of that. Chill. (Note: Chilling after applying lemon layer may make it easier to spread top layer.) Cut in large squares.

(Note: Other Watkins Dessert Mixes may be used in place of Lemon.)