Cream Cheese Cranberry Bars

Cream Cheese Cranberry Bars, a rich, holiday cookie bar that resembles a luxurious slice of your favorite cheesecake.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Cream Cheese Cranberry Bars

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Total Time 50

Servings bars

Calories 537kcal

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl combine oats, flour, chopped walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in butter until the flour mixture is crumbly, then add the white morsels and stir. Reserve 2 cups of this mixture and set aside for the topping.
Press the remaining oat mixture into a greased 9 x 13 baking dish.
In a separate large bowl, using a mixer, beat the cream cheese until creamy, add sweetened condensed milk, orange juice and vanilla extract and mix well, until smooth and pour over oat mixture.
In a medium bowl mix together cranberry sauce, and corn starch. Spoon over the cream cheese mixture (don’t spread it), and sprinkle the reserved oat mixture top.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or toothpick comes out clean. It should be lightly golden brown on top. If the edges get to dark before it’s done baking, you can place some foil around the edges.
Let cool completely, cut into squares and serve. I like it plain, but, you can always garnish it by adding a scoop of ice cream or cool whip with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Cover and refrigerate any left overs

If you like bars with clean edges after they've been cut, refrigerate these overnight and slice while they are cold.