Festive Cranberry Cheese Squares
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
2-3 dozen bars
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups oats
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
- 3⁄4 cup plus 1 tbsp. firmly packed light brown sugar, divided
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (14 ounce) can eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice concentrate
- 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F Grease 13x9-inch baking pan. In large mixing bowl, beat flour, oats, butter and 3/4 cup brown sugar until crumbly. Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture firmly onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Meanwhile, in a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in Eagle Brand until smooth; stir in lemon juice. Spread over baked crust. In another medium mixing bowl, combine cranberry sauce, cornstarch and remaining 1 Tbps. brown sugar. Spoon over cheese layer. Top with reseved crumb mixture.
- Bake 45 minutes or until golden. Cool and cut into bars. Store covered in refrigerator.
- TIP: Cut into large squares. Serve warm and top with ice cream.
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