Cranberry Bars
A perfect anddecadent sweet treat for a holiday feast!These bars are made with creamy whitechocolate, tart cranberries, and a hint of cinnamon.
Ingredients
- Non-stick cooking spray
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup mlted hot butter
- 1½ cups light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ tsp vanilla exract
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 6 ounces white baking chocolate chopped roughly
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tbsp orange zest grated
- 6 ounces white baking chocolate melted
- ½ cup dried cranberries chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F.
- Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- For bars: in a bowl, add flour, bakingpowder, cinnamon and salt and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, add hot melted butter andbrown sugar and mix well.
- Set aside to cool slightly.
- After cooling, add eggs, 1 at a time, beatingwell after each addition.
- Add vanilla extract and mix well.
- Add flour mixture and mix until justcombined.
- Fold in cranberries and chocolate.
- Place the mixture into the prepared bakingdish and with the back of a spoon, smooth the top surface.
- Bake for about 18-21 minutes.
- Remove the baking dish from oven and placeonto a wire rack to cool completely.
- For frosting, in a bowl, add cream cheese,confectioners' sugar and orange zest and beat until smooth.
- Add half of white chocolate and beat untilwell combined.
- Spread the frosting over cooled bars andsprinkle with cranberries.
- Drizzle with remaining melted chocolate.
- Cut into triangles and serve.
Notes
Use room temperature eggs.
Nutrition
Calories: 827kcalCarbohydrates: 73gProtein: 14gFat: 59gSaturated Fat: 35gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 202mgSodium: 654mgPotassium: 303mgFiber: 1gSugar: 40gVitamin A: 2324IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 227mgIron: 2mg
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