Orange Cranberry Bliss Bars

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1/3 cup Cranberries, dried
  • 1 1/2 cups Cranberries or regular dried cranberries, dried orange
  • 1 tbsp Orange, zest
  • 2 tbsp Orange, Fresh Zest
  • 1/4 cup You're going to need 3 oranges to, fresh orange zest zest

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups Brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 4 tsp Vanilla
  • 2 cup White chocolate chip

• Dairy

  • 1 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1 8oz package Cream cheese

Found on handmadeintheheartland.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups dried orange cranberries or regular dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup fresh orange zest (youre going to need 3 oranges to zest for this recipe)
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 8oz package cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 Tablespoon grated orange zest
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
• 2 Tablespoons fresh orange zest
• 1 cup white chocolate chips

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350. Cream the butter and the sugar together in a large bowl. Add the eggs, vanilla, salt & baking powder and mix until combined. Add in the flour and mix until it is completely incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips, orange zest and dried cranberries. The dough should be very thick and sticky.
• Spread it into an even layer in a prepared 9x13 baking dish. The dough is so thick and sticky that it can be hard to get it patted down, I find it easier to do with my spatula or hands are wet. Bake for 20 minutes. Make the frosting by mixing the butter and cream cheese together, beat until smooth and creamy, this can only happen if both are at room temperature. Then add the vanilla, orange zest and powdered sugar. Mix on low speed until combined and a nice frosting texture is achieved. When the bars are done baking let them cool completely. Once cooled spread the frosting evenly over the top and then sprinkle dried cranberries and orange zest over the frosting. Melt the remaining chocolate chips in the microwave in 10 second increments and then put the melted chocolate into a pastry bag or ziplock bag and snip the corner with scissors, drizzle the chocolate over the bars.  Cut the bars into rectangles or I like to cut them into large squares and then cut the square diagonally to make triangles. I find these to be delicious cold, so I keep them in the fridge. Enjoy!