Holiday Cranberry Bars

Holiday Cranberry Bars might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. For $1.59 per serving, this recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 730 calories, 7g of protein, and 43g of fat. This recipe serves 14. This recipe is liked by 23 foodies and cooks. Head to the store and pick up white chocolate chips, salt, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by The Baking Pan. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 25%. Similar recipes include Cranberry Orange Holiday Bars, Holiday Cranberry-Orange Pistachio Bars, and Holiday Bars.

Servings: 14

Preparation duration: 60 minutes

Cooking duration: 25 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon baking powder

1½ cups firmly packed light brown sugar

1 cup confectioners (powdered) sugar

8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

1/3 cup dried cranberries, coarsely chopped

1½ cups dried cranberries, coarsely chopped

2 large eggs

2¼ cups all-purpose flour

¼ cup grated orange zest (about 2 oranges)

1 tablespoon grated orange zest (about half of 1 orange)

1 cup toasted pecans, coarsely chopped

1 teaspoon salt

½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1 cup white chocolate chips

1¾ cups white chocolate chips

Equipment:

hand mixer

wooden spoon

mixing bowl

spatula

frying pan

wire rack

baking pan

bowl

sauce pan

dough scraper

pizza cutter

knife

Cooking instruction summary:

In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla; use an electric mixer or wooden spoon and beat together until mixture is smooth. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula so the mixture blends evenly. Add flour, baking powder, and salt; beat until mixed. Add white chocolate chips, cranberries, pecans and orange zest; stir until mixed.Bake: Spread the dough evenly in the jelly roll pan (dough will be stiff). Bake 25 minutes or until light golden brown. Leave cookie in pan to cool; place baking pan on a wire cooling rack to cool.In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, confectioners sugar, butter, 1 tablespoon orange zest, and vanilla. Use an electric hand mixer or wooden spoon and beat together until mixture is smooth. Spread on cooled cookie.In a small bowl, combine cranberries and 1 tablespoon orange zest. Sprinkle over frosting.In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the white chocolate chips; stir constantly until melted so chocolate does not burn. Drizzle melted chocolate over cookie.When chocolate is set, cut into 3 inch squares; cut each square in half diagonally. Tip: My favorite tool to cut bar cookies is a stainless steel dough scraper; simply push the dough scraper straight down into the cookie for straight cuts. Or use a pizza cutter or small kitchen knife to cut the cookie into bars.

 

Step by step:


1. In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla; use an electric mixer or wooden spoon and beat together until mixture is smooth. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula so the mixture blends evenly.

2. Add flour, baking powder, and salt; beat until mixed.

3. Add white chocolate chips, cranberries, pecans and orange zest; stir until mixed.


Bake

1. Spread the dough evenly in the jelly roll pan (dough will be stiff).

2. Bake 25 minutes or until light golden brown. Leave cookie in pan to cool; place baking pan on a wire cooling rack to cool.In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, confectioners sugar, butter, 1 tablespoon orange zest, and vanilla. Use an electric hand mixer or wooden spoon and beat together until mixture is smooth.

3. Spread on cooled cookie.In a small bowl, combine cranberries and 1 tablespoon orange zest. Sprinkle over frosting.In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the white chocolate chips; stir constantly until melted so chocolate does not burn.

4. Drizzle melted chocolate over cookie.When chocolate is set, cut into 3 inch squares; cut each square in half diagonally. Tip: My favorite tool to cut bar cookies is a stainless steel dough scraper; simply push the dough scraper straight down into the cookie for straight cuts. Or use a pizza cutter or small kitchen knife to cut the cookie into bars.


Nutrition Information:

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728k Calories
6g Protein
42g Total Fat
83g Carbs
2% Health Score
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Calories
728k
36%

Fat
42g
66%

  Saturated Fat
23g
145%

Carbohydrates
83g
28%

  Sugar
63g
70%

Cholesterol
104mg
35%

Sodium
270mg
12%

Alcohol
0.2g
1%

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Protein
6g
14%

Manganese
0.52mg
26%

Vitamin A
887IU
18%

Selenium
11µg
17%

Phosphorus
162mg
16%

Vitamin B2
0.28mg
16%

Vitamin B1
0.24mg
16%

Calcium
141mg
14%

Folate
47µg
12%

Fiber
2g
10%

Iron
1mg
9%

Vitamin B3
1mg
9%

Vitamin E
1mg
9%

Copper
0.17mg
9%

Potassium
261mg
7%

Vitamin B5
0.67mg
7%

Zinc
0.95mg
6%

Vitamin K
6µg
6%

Magnesium
23mg
6%

Vitamin B12
0.34µg
6%

Vitamin B6
0.08mg
4%

Vitamin D
0.6µg
4%

Vitamin C
3mg
4%

covered percent of daily need
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