Cranberry Cheese Bars

from favorit brand name bake sale cookbook

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 32
• Yields: 32 bars

Ingredients

• 2  cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups oats, uncooked
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon brown sugar
• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1 3⁄4 cups  M&M's
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2  tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 (16 ounce) can cranberry sauce

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease 13 by 9 by 2 inch baking pan.
2. In a large bowl; combine flour, oats, 3/4 cup sugar and butter; mix until crumbly. reserve 1 1/2 cup. stir in 1/2 cup m&m's. press into pan and bake 15 minutes. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese; gradually add in condensed milk, lemon juice and vanilla. pour evenly over crust. In a small bowl combine the remaining cornstarch, 1 tbsp sugar, and cranberry sauce. spoon over cream cheese mix.
3. stir in remaining m&m's into remaining crumb mixture; mix together and sprinkle on top. bake 40 minutes. cool.