Cranberry Bars

Don’t wait for the holidays to enjoy cranberries. These Cranberry Cheesecake Bars are delicious any time of year.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe!

Cranberry Bars will make a great addition to any holiday party. Layers of cream cheese and cranberry under a spiced crumble, they are full of holiday flavor.

They got two thumbs up from my husband and my friends who tried them and I loved them too. The cranberries make a lovely surprise in between the cream cheese layer and the crunchy topping. 

Ingredients

• whole cranberry sauce
• quick cooking oats
• pecans
• cream cheese
• milk
• egg
• flour
• butter
• sugar
• brown sugar
• baking soda
• ground cinnamon
• allspice
• vanilla
• lemon juice
• cornstarch

How To Make Cranberry Bars

• Combine butter and brown sugar in large bowl
• Beat at medium speed until creamy
• Add remaining crust ingredients and beat until well mixed
• Press half of crust mixture onto bottom of ungreased 13 x 9 pan
• Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown
• While baking, combine the cream cheese layer ingredients and mix well.
• In a separate bowl, combine whole cranberry sauce, brown sugar, and cornstarch.
• Gently pour the cream cheese filling over the hot, partially baked crust.
• Spoon cranberry mixture over the top of the cream cheese.
• Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over the top and gently press down.
• Bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes or until top is golden brown.

Check out more of my favorite bar recipes:

• Butterscotch Brownies
• Apricot Jam Bars
• Butterscotch Blondies

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Cranberry Bars

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes

Cranberry Bars are delicious spiced cake layered with cream cheese and cranberries.

serves: 20 bars

Prep:15 minutes minutes

Cook:50 minutes minutes

Total:1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

Crust:

• ▢ 1 cup butter softened
• ▢ 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
• ▢ 2 cups uncooked quick cooking oats
• ▢ 1 cup flour
• ▢ 1 cup chopped pecans
• ▢ 1 tsp baking soda
• ▢ 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ▢ 1/4 tsp allspice

Cheesecake Layer:

• ▢ 8 oz. cream cheese softened
• ▢ 1/2 cup sugar
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 2 Tbsp. milk
• ▢ 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• ▢ 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Cranberry Layer:

• ▢ 16 oz. can whole cranberry sauce
• ▢ 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• ▢ 2 Tbsp corn starch

Instructions

Crust:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees
• Combine butter and brown sugar in large bowl
• Beat at medium speed until creamy
• Add remaining crust ingredients and beat until well mixed
• Press HALF of crust mixture onto bottom of ungreased 13 x 9 pan
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown
• While baking make cheesecake layer

Cheesecake Layer:

• Combine the cream cheese layer ingredients; mix well
• Also put together the cranberry layer.(see below)

Cranberry Layer:

• Mix all ingredients together
• Gently pour the cream cheese filling over the hot, partially baked crust
• Gently spoon cranberry layer over the top of the cream cheese layer
• Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over the top and gently press down
• Bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes or until top is golden brown

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 318kcal (16%) Carbohydrates: 38g (13%) Protein: 3g (6%) Fat: 17g (26%) Saturated Fat: 8g (50%) Cholesterol: 45mg (15%) Sodium: 194mg (8%) Potassium: 101mg (3%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 26g (29%) Vitamin A: 460IU (9%) Vitamin C: 0.8mg (1%) Calcium: 38mg (4%) Iron: 1mg (6%)

* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.

Course:Dessert

Cuisine:American

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