Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 c Butter or margarine, (2 sticks or 1/2 LB)
• 1 c Brown sugar; packed
• 2 c Flour
• 1 1/2 c Rolled oats
• 2 ts Orange zest; grated
• 1 pk Semisweet chocolate chips, 12oz
• 1 c Cranberries; dried (4oz)
• 1 pk Cream cheese; (8oz)
• 1 1/4 c Sweetened condensed milk, (1 can at 14oz)

Instructions:

Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until creamy; beat in flour,
oats and orange peel until crumbly. Stir in chocolate chips and
cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture. Press remaining mixture onto
bottom of greased 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees 15
minutes.

Beat cream cheese in small bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in
sweetened condensed milk. Pour over hot crust; sprinkle with reserved
oat mixture. Return to oven and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until center
is set. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Makes about 3 dozen.