Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups quick oats
• 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup dried sweetened cranberries
• 8 ounces light cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• 3 beat butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy.
• 4 gradually beat in flour, oats and orange peel until crumbly.
• 5 stir in morsels and cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture.
• 6 press remaining mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan.
• 7 bake for 15 minutes.
• 8 beat cream cheese in small mixer bowl until smooth.
• 9 gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk.
• 10 pour over hot crust; sprinkle with reserved flour mixture.
• 11 bake for additional 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set.
• 12 cool in pan on wire rack.
• 13 cut into bars.