Cheesecake Cranberry Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, mix together the flour, oats, and brown sugar.
• 2 using a pastry blender, cut int the butter until mixture is crumbly.
• 3 gently stir in chocolate morsels.
• 4 set aside 2 1/2 cups of the crumb-morsel topping.
• 5 flour your hands and press remaining mixture into a greased 13x9 inch baking pan.
• 6 in another mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until it is creamy.
• 7 add in the sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, and vanilla; stir until smooth and well combined.
• 8 pour mixture over crust.
• 9 in another bowl, mix together the cranberry sauce and cornstarch.
• 10 spoon mixture over the cream cheese layer.
• 11 sprinkle evenly with reserved crumb mixture.
• 12 bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until center is set.
• 13 cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• 14 cover and keep in the refrigerator until serving time.
• 15 cut into bars and serve.