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Cranberry Bliss Bar

Creamy smooth rich dessert bars that are embedded with fresh chewy cranberries that are absolutely blissfully delicious, your heart will skip a beat at first bite.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time18 minutes
Total Time38 minutes
Course: Baked Goods, Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: best cranberry bliss bar, cranberry bliss bar, cranberry bliss bar (starbuck's copycat), cranberry cookie bar, easy cranberry bliss bar, holiday cranberry bliss bar, white chocolate cranberry bar
Servings: 12
Calories:

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups light brown sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks) softened
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 2 tbsp fresh orange juice or 1 tsp orange extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • orange zest about half an orange

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup dried cranberries chopped
  • 2 tbsp fresh orange juice
  • orange zest about 1 tsp
  • ½ cup white chocolate melted

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease the 9"x 13" pan with butter or baking cooking spray. Optional: place parchment paper on the bottom of the pan (this will help when removing the cookie).
  • In a large bowl: add butter, brown sugar and beat until smooth. Then add vanilla extract, eggs, orange juice and mix again.
  • Place in the flour, baking powder, powdered ginger and salt; then mix well. Being careful to not over mix/whip the batter. For best results, Highly recommend that you sift the dry ingredients before mixing them into the wet ingredients. 
  • Lastly, sprinkle/add in the white chocolate chips, dried cranberries and orange zest over the batter. Then gently fold (use a spatula) the batter until evenly distributed throughout (do not over mix or use a mixer for this step, be gentle). Then pour/transfer the batter into the baking pan.
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Careful not to overcook the cookie. Keep an eye on the edges for best soft & gooey results. Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for ~45-60 minutes.

Cream Cheese Icing

  • In a medium size bowl: add cream cheese and beat until smooth. Add powdered sugar, orange juice, orange zest and mix until smooth.
  • Spread the frosting on top of the cool cookie bar. Sprinkle the chopped dried cranberries over the icing glaze. Then drizzle melted white chocolate in a zig zag pattern over the cranberry laced icing glaze (I used a fork to drizzle).
  • Refrigerate for 1 hour before cutting. Cut the cookie bar into triangles.

Enjoy! Refrigerate the leftovers, they will keep for up to a week.

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