Cranberry Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting

These bars are incredible. They are so rich with a shortbread like taste and the yummy cream cheese frosting on top. Even if you are not a big cranberry fan you will like these! A co-worker brought these to work and I kept sneaking more througout the day. I love them chilled. They are good anytime of year, but I especially love to make them in the fall and at Christmas.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 20

Ingredients

• 2  eggs, well beaten
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup  Butter Flavor Crisco
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2  cups  fresh cranberries
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
•  frosting
• 3  ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1  teaspoon milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2  cups powdered sugar

Directions

1. Cream sugar and butter, add eggs.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients, batter will be very stiff.
3. Spread in a greased 13x9 pan.
4. Bake 40 to 45 minutes at 350 (325 if using a glass pan).
5. Spread frosting on when cool.
6. They are really good chilled before serving.