Cranberry Cheesecake Bars
Makes 30 bars.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups quick or old fashioned oats
- ⅓ cup packed dark brown sugar
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 cup 2 sticks butter, softened
- 2 cups 12 oz. pkg: premium white morsels
- 1 package, 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1 can, 14 oz. Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated milk)
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1 can, 14 oz. Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, and pecans in large bowl. Add butter and mix until crumbly. Stir in white chocolate morsels. Set aside 2 1/2 cups morsel mixture for the topping. Press the remaining crumb mixture into prepared pan. TIP: You may want to flour your fingers to make pressing easier.
- In a large mixing bowl beat the cream cheese until creamy. Add sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, vanilla and almond extracts; mix until smooth. Pour the creamy mixture over the crust.
- In a medium bowl, combine the cranberry sauce and cornstarch. Spread over cream cheese mixture in the baking pan. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over the cranberries.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover; refrigerate until serving time (up to 1 day). Cut into bars.