Name: Cranberry Cheese Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 1/2 cups oats; 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1 cup butter or margarine (softened); 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened; 1 14-ounce can EAGLE BRAND & reg; Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk); 1/4 cup lemon juice from concentrate; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1 16-ounce can whole berry cranberry sauce

Cranberry Cheese Bars

We love these Cranberry Cheese Bars – they cut into bite size pieces to become mini crumb cakes/cheese cakes. Perfect to nosh on!

Cranberry Cheese Bars

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1

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Servings

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups oats
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine softened
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 14-ounce can EAGLE BRAND & reg; Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1/4 cup lemon juice from concentrate
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 16-ounce can whole berry cranberry sauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In large mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, 3/4 cup sugar and butter; mix until crumbly. Reserving 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture, press remainder firmly on bottom of greased 13×9-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy.
Gradually beat in EAGLE BRAND® until smooth; stir in lemon juice from concentrate. Spread evenly over prepared crust.
In small bowl, combine remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and cornstarch; stir in cranberry sauce. Spoon evenly over cream cheese layer.
Top with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake 40 minutes or until golden.Cool. Chill. Store covered in refrigerator.