Cranberry Bliss Bars

Submitted by Deb Otto

"This was posted by Lort and DIB's. I revised it to make it lighter."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 12-16 Bars

ingredients

• 1 cup land o lakes light butter
• 1⁄2 cup Splenda brown sugar blend
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups Quaker Oats
• 2 tablespoons orange zest
• 2 cups nestle's white chocolate chips
• 1 cup ocean spray craisins
• 1 (8 ounce) package philadelphia light cream cheese
• 1 1⁄4 cups eagle brand fat-free sweetened condensed milk

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease a 9 x 13 inch pan.
3. Beat butter and brown sugar until creamy.
4. Gradually beat in flour, oats, and orange peel until crumbly.
5. Stir in chocolate morsels and cranberries and stir well.
6. Set aside 2 cups of this mixture.
7. Press remaining mixture into the greased pan and bake for 15 minutes.
8. Beat the cream cheese until smooth.
9. Add the condensed milk.
10. After 15 minutes, remove the baking pan and pour the cream cheese mixture over the hot crust.
11. Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over the cream cheese mixture.
12. Bake for another 25 minutes.
13. Remove and cool on a wire rack.