Chocolate chip-cranberry bars

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Categories:	Fruit Desserts, Chocolate, For Kids
Keywords:	bars, chocolate-cranberry
Serves:	20
Prep Time:	15 Min
Cook Time:	45 Min

Ingredients

2 stick	butter, softened
1 c	packed light brown sugar
1-1/2 c	all purpose flour
1/2 c	whole wheat flour
1-1/2 c	old fashioned oatmeal
2 tsp	grated orange peel
2 c	semisweet chocolate chips
1 c	sweetened dried cranberries
8 oz	reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1	14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

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sherry monfils

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smonfils

Member Since Aug 2011

sherry's Notes:

My daughter and I came up w/ these one day when baking together!

Directions

Heat oven to 350. Spray a 9" x 13" baking pan w/ cooking spray. In lg bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in flours, oats and orange peel. It will be crumbly.

Stir in chocolate chips and cranberries. Reserve 2 cups of mix. Press remaining mix into bottom of pan. Bake for 15 mins. In another bowl, beat cream cheese on medium until smooth. Beat in condensed milk. Pour mix over baked crust.

Sprinkle mix w/ reserved oat mix. Bake 30 mins, or until center is set. Cool. Cut into bars.