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Cranberry Bliss Bar Recipe
This Starbucks copycat Cranberry Bliss Bar Recipe combines everything you love about blondie bars with cream cheese frosting. White chocolate and dried cranberries elevate these bar cookies to irresistible territory. As good as the store-bought ones are, the homemade version is even better!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 55 min👤 Meggan Hill📖 culinaryhill
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●bowl
- ●oven
- ●saucepan
- ●wooden spoon
- ●microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
To make the bars:
2
Adjust oven rack to the middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with a foil sling and coat with nonstick spray. In a medium bowl, mix flour and salt together. Set aside.
3
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the butter and brown sugar. Heat, stirring often, until the sugar has dissolved. Continue to cook about ⏱️ 1 minute longer; the mixture should bubble but not boil. Cool slightly, about ⏱️ 10 minutes.
4
To the cooled mixture, add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and stir with a wooden spoon to combine. Add the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Fold in dried cranberries and 3/4 cup white chocolate chips.
5
Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake until the center is springy to the touch and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean with a few crumbs attached, about 25 to ⏱️ 35 minutes. Do not over bake.
6
Cool completely in pan on a wire rack, about ⏱️ 2 hours. Remove from pan using foil sling.
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To make the icing:
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In a stand mixer fit with the paddle attachment, or in a bowl by hand, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
9
Gradually add powdered sugar and vanilla and beat well. Spread a thick layer evenly over cooled cranberry bars. Cut into 8 triangles.
powdered sugar4 cups
10
Melt the remaining 1 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave in 30-second increments at 50% power until melted.
11
Drizzle chocolate over each the bars, top with dried cranberries and orange zest, and let stand until chocolate is firm. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
Nutrition Facts
calories
911 kcal
fat Content
37 g
serving Size
1 bar
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
130 g
sodium Content
334 mg
protein Content
5 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
93 mg
carbohydrate Content
145 g
saturated Fat Content
22 g
unsaturated Fat Content
12 g
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