Hollys Chocolate Cranberry Cookie Bars Recipes

CRANBERRY-ORANGE COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar for bars together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Stir in eggs, orange extract, and vanilla extract until well blended. Add flour, baking powder, and ginger; mix until well incorporated and the batter looks like soft cookie dough. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chips until well mixed. Spread the stiff batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Don't overbake, or your bars will be dry. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix cream cheese and butter for frosting together until light and fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and orange extract; beat mixture until fluffy and spreadable. Spread evenly over the cooled bars.
• Combine cranberries and orange zest for topping in a food processor and roughly chop. Sprinkle evenly over the frosted bars.
• Mix white chocolate chips and oil together in a glass, microwave-safe measuring cup. Microwave until fluid enough to drizzle, 1 minute to 1 minute 15 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds until melted. Use a fork or whisk to drizzle the melted chocolate diagonally across the bars.
• Allow chocolate to set for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares or triangles.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-CRANBERRY COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, 1/2 cup softened butter, 4 oz cream cheese and egg with spoon until soft dough forms. Stir in 1/4 cup cranberries and the white chips. Spread dough in bottom of pan. Bake 20 to 23 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• In large bowl, beat 8 oz cream cheese and 1/4 cup softened butter with electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, beat in powdered sugar until frosting is smooth and creamy. Spread frosting over top of bars; sprinkle 1/3 cup cranberries over frosting. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS WITH OATMEAL AND CRANBERRY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla extract; continue mixing until well blended.
• Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt to sugar mixture; mix well. Stir in oats, cranberries, and white chocolate chips. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bars comes out clean, 25 to 28 minutes.
• Remove baking pan from the oven and let stand for 30 minutes. Cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In medium bowl, stir together wafer crumbs, cocoa and sugar; cut in butter until crumble. Press mixture evenly on bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Pour EAGLE BRAND® evenly over crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly on top with peanut butter chips, dried cranberries and nuts; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover with foil. Let stand several hours. Cut into bars. Store covered at room temperature.

BELLS & HOLLY LATTICE COOKIES: CRANBERRY, WHITE CHOCOLATE, ORANGE, & GINGER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Combine sugar and butter until smooth. Add egg and orange and beat until smooth.
• Separately combine: flour, baking soda, and ginger. Mix into sugar mixture in small portions.
• Mix in cranberries and white chocolate chips.
• Drop spoonful of batter onto baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cookies cool for atleast 5 minutes.
• Icing: Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and orange extract with a electrical mixer. Transfer to a pastry bag or ziplock bag. Cut tip of bag with scissor by 1/2 millimeter. Pipe lattice pattern onto cookies.

CHOCOLATE, CRANBERRY & OAT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Combine cranberries and orange juice in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 30 sec. Let stand 10 minute.
• Meanwhile, combine flour, oats, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Beat margarine and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Stir in cranberry mixture, chocolate and pecans.
• Spread dough into 13x9-inch baking pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 25 to 30 minute or until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire rack before cutting into bars.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CRANBERRY CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• Beat butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy.
• Gradually beat in flour, oats and orange peel until crumbly.
• Stir in morsels and cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture.
• Press remaining mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese in small mixer bowl until smooth.
• Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk.
• Pour over hot crust; sprinkle with reserved flour mixture.
• Bake for additional 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set.
• Cool in pan on wire rack.
• Cut into bars.