Festive Cranberry Cheese Squares
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 12 cups oats
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
- 34 cup plus 1 tbsp. firmly packed light brown sugar, divided
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (14 ounce) caneagle brand sweetened condensed milk
- 14 cup lemon juice concentrate
- 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- Preheat oven to 350F Grease 13x9-inch baking pan.
- In large mixing bowl, beat flour, oats, butter and 3/4 cup brown sugar until crumbly.
- Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture.
- Press remaining crumb mixture firmly onto bottom of prepared pan.
- Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Meanwhile, in a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy.
- Gradually beat in Eagle Brand until smooth; stir in lemon juice.
- Spread over baked crust.
- In another medium mixing bowl, combine cranberry sauce, cornstarch and remaining 1 Tbps.
- brown sugar.
- Spoon over cheese layer.
- Top with reseved crumb mixture.
- Bake 45 minutes or until golden.
- Cool and cut into bars.
- Store covered in refrigerator.
- TIP: Cut into large squares.
- Serve warm and top with ice cream.
flour, oats, butter, brown sugar, cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon juice concentrate, cranberry sauce, cornstarch
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/festive-cranberry-cheese-squares-429819 (may not work)