Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

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Title: Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 3 servings

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

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. ** Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- Food section --
29 November 1995 **

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