Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

Customer Rating: Recipe Rated Three and a Half Stars

4 Ratings    1 Comments

Yield: About 3 dozen bars

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
2 cups (12 oz. pkg.) NESTLE Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup (4 oz.) dried cranberries
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups (14 oz.) CARNATION Sweetened Condensed Milk

Directions:

Beat butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in flour, oats and orange peel until crumbly. Stir in morsels and cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan.

Bake in preheated 350 F. oven for 15 minutes.

Beat cream cheese in small mixer bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk. Pour over hot crust; sprinkle with reserved flour mixture.

Bake for additional 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Customer Comments

Recipe Rated Three and a Half Stars

Margaret T Paw Paw, MI

“The combined flavor of sweet chocolate, tangy cream cheese and tart cranberries is scrumptious!”

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