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Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars Copycat Recipe
These brown sugar cookie bars studded with dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, and crystallized ginger are topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting and even more cranberries and white chocolate drizzle for an irresistible treat.
👥 48 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 55 min⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Stephanie Manley📖 copykat
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●spatula
- ●whisk
- ●microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cookie Bar Base
2
Line a half sheet pan with parchment or Silpat. Set a rack in the center of the oven, and preheat to 325°F.
3
Cream the butter and brown sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer until smooth and creamy.
4
Add the salt, orange zest, and vanilla and mix until well-combined.
unsalted butter (room temperature)6 ouncesteaspoon kosher salt1/2salt1 pinchorange zest1 teaspoon
5
Add the eggs and yolk, one at a time, mixing until combined and scraping the bowl as necessary.
eggs2
6
Add the self-rising flour and mix until just combined.
self-rising flour2 cups
7
Fold in the dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, and crystallized ginger until evenly distributed.
dried cranberries (chopped)1 cupdried cranberries1 cupwhite chocolate chips4 ounces
8
Using an offset spatula, spread the dough evenly in the prepared pan.
9
Bake for ⏱️ 10 minutes. Then rotate the pan and continue to bake until the base is golden brown and fairly firm, an additional 10 to ⏱️ 12 minutes.
10
Remove the pan from the oven and let it cool on a rack.
11
Frosting
12
Whip the cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until light.
cream cheese (softened)3 ounces
13
Add the sugar, salt, and orange zest.
unsalted butter (room temperature)6 ouncesteaspoon kosher salt1/2salt1 pinchorange zest1 teaspoon
14
Mix on low speed until the sugar is incorporated.
15
Increase the mixer speed to medium-high and whip until light.
16
Add the lemon juice and mix to combine.
lemon juice1 tablespoon
17
Once the bars have cooled, spread the frosting in a thin layer with an offset spatula. Don’t be too concerned with being neat at the very edges since you will be trimming them.
18
Topping
19
Sprinkle the cranberries evenly over the bars.
dried cranberries (chopped)1 cupdried cranberries1 cup
20
In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the white chocolate chips and oil together in 20-second bursts at 50% power, stirring in between, until melted.
white chocolate chips4 ounces
21
Scrape the melted chocolate into a zip-top bag. Snip off a tiny corner and drizzle the white chocolate in a cross-hatch pattern over the berries.
22
Refrigerate for an hour.
23
Using a pizza wheel, trim the edges of the bars to make an even rectangle. Cut vertically into thirds and horizontally into fourths. You will end up with 12 squares. If you would like dessert-size bars, cut each square diagonally in half to make 24 triangles. If you would like cookie-size bars, cut each triangle diagonally in half again for a total of 48 triangles.
Nutrition Facts
calories
145 kcal
fat Content
5 g
serving Size
1 serving
sugar Content
17 g
sodium Content
41 mg
protein Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
21 mg
carbohydrate Content
22 g
saturated Fat Content
3 g
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