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Bars: Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

Source of Recipe

Nestle® Carnation®


List of Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
2 tsp grated orange peel
2 cups (12-ounce package) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup (4 ounces) sweetened dried cranberries
1 pkg (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups (14-ounce can) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Sweetened Condensed Milk



Recipe

1 BEAT butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy.
2 Gradually beat in flour, oats and orange peel until crumbly.
3 Stir in morsels and cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture.
4 Press remaining mixture onto bottom of greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
5 BAKE in preheated 350° F. oven for 15 minutes.
6 Beat cream cheese in small mixer
7 bowl until smooth.
8 Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk.
9 Pour over hot crust; sprinkle with reserved flour mixture.
10 Bake for additional 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set.
11 Cool in pan on wire rack.

YIELD: 3 Dozen