Cranberry Bliss Bars

This recipe was posted by request, thanks to GourmetGal who passed it on to me. The original poster is Lort.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 12-16 bars

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 1  cup  packed brown sugar
• 2  cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups oats
• 2  tablespoons orange zest
• 2  cups white chocolate chips
• 1  cup dried sweetened cranberries
• 1  package cream cheese, softened (not the small one)
• 1 1⁄4 cups sweetened condensed milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 9x13 inch baking 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 in the pre heated oven for 15 minutes.
8. Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
9. Gradually add the sweetened condensed milk.
10. After 15 minutes remove the baking pan and pour cream cheese mixture over the hot crust.
11. Sprinkle onto the cream cheese mixture the reserved crumb mixture.
12. Bake for another 25 minutes.
13. Remove and cool pan on a wire rack.