- Crust:
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package butter cake mix
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- Filling:
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Beat cake mix, butter, and 1 egg together in a bowl using an electric mixer on low speed until mixture is crumbly; stir in pecans. Press mixture into a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until crust is set, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, 1 egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Stir cranberry sauce and nutmeg together in a separate bowl. Carefully spread cream cheese mixture onto crust. Spoon cranberry sauce mixture in 3 rows lengthwise over cream cheese mixture. Pull a knife through cranberry sauce mixture into cream cheese mixture to form swirls.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cream cheese mixture is set, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.