cranberry bliss bars / starbuck's

Name: Cranberry Bliss Bars / Starbuck's
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ## BARS:; 3/4 cup(s) butter,softened; 1 1/4 cup(s) packed light brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 2 tablespoon(s) minced crystallized ginger; 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 3/4 cup(s) chopped sweetened dried cranberries; 1/2 cup(s) vanilla or white chocolate chips; ## FROSTING:; 4 ounce(s) cream cheese, softened; 3 cup(s) powdered sugar; 4 teaspoon(s) lemon juice; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1/4 cup(s) chopped sweetened dried cranberries; ## DRIZZLE: FOR GARNISH; 1/2 cup(s) powdered sugar; 1 tablespoon(s) milk; 2 teaspoon(s) olive oil or shortening

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Pat Duran

Las Vegas, NV

Updated on Aug 18, 2012

These Bars are so good I just had to find the recipe- and there it was on topsecretrecipes.com.(Todd English). This is such a good recipe and I wanted to share it with you too, because it is only available during the winter holidays. Now you can make a whole pan-full for the cost of one bar from Starbucks. Goodness eaten to the last crumb! lol-Enjoy!!!

Rate

prep time 10 Min

cook time 40 Min

method Bake

yield 16 servings

Ingredients

BARS:
3/4 cup butter,softened
1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chopped sweetened dried cranberries
1/2 cup vanilla or white chocolate chips
FROSTING:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped sweetened dried cranberries
DRIZZLE: FOR GARNISH
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons olive oil or shortening

How To Make cranberry bliss bars / starbuck's

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350^.Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan. Set aside.

Step 2

Bars: Beat together the butter and brown sugar with electric mixer until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, then add the ginger,vanilla and salt. and beat well.
Step 3

Gradually mix in the flour and baking powder until smooth. Mix the chopped cranberries and chocolate chips into the batter by hand. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Use a spatula to spread evenly across the pan. Bake 25-30 minutes, until the bars are lightly browned on top. Cool on wire rack.
Step 4

Frosting: Combine ingredient,except cranberries, in a mixer bowl and beat until smooth. Spread on bars when completely cooled. Sprinkle the cranberries over top of frosting. --- Drizzle Garnish: Whisk together ingredients and drizzle over cranberries in a back and forth motion using a squirt bottle or plastic storage bag, corner cut off. --- Cover bars and chill for 2 hours. Then cut bars length-wise down the center -then cut then across 4 times making 8 bars and cut those bars in half diagonally making 16 triangular bars.
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