Cranberry Cream Cheese Bars Recipe

One of my favorite recipes to make throughout the year, especially during the holidays, is Cranberry Cream Cheese Bars (I found the recipe several years ago in a little Eagle Brand pull-out recipe booklet).

Ingredients
Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 (16 oz.) can whole berry cranberry sauce

Instructions
HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
COMBINE flour, oats, 3/4 cup brown sugar and butter in large bowl until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture; press remainder firmly onto bottom of prepared pan.
BAKE 15 minutes.
BEAT cream cheese until fluffy in small bowl. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth; stir in lemon juice. Spread evenly over partially baked crust.
COMBINE remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar and cornstarch in small bowl; stir in cranberry sauce. Spoon evenly over cream cheese layer. Top with reserved crumb mixture.
BAKE 40 minutes or until golden. Cool. Chill. Cut into bars.

They are super delicious and always a hit whenever I bring them to a gathering!

Enjoy!

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Gem is a Hawaii Mom Blogger who posts reviews and giveaways, and blogs about life in Hawaii as a mom of 3 boys, including one with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. She loves to travel, bake, and eat anything with chocolate.