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| Nutrition Facts | ||
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Serving Size 1 (43g) Recipe makes 40 servings |
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| Calories 180 | ||
| Calories from Fat 71 | (39%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 7.9g | 12% | |
| Saturated Fat 4.8g | 23% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 2.2g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 32mg | 10% | |
| Sodium 68mg | 2% | |
| Potassium 50mg | 1% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 26.4g | 8% | |
| Dietary Fiber 0.4g | 1% | |
| Sugars 20.7g | ||
| Protein 1.6g | 3% | |
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By: Cookin'Diva
Jan 3, 2007
You'll find these bars at Starbucks every Christmas season. The texture is like a chewy brownie, but the flavors include white chocolate, zesty orange, and cranberry. This recipe makes a 10x15 pan, but I've also posted a second version - Cranberry Bliss Bars (Easy Version ), #350660 - it uses a simpler list of ingredients and bakes in a 9x13 pan. For Valentine's Day, I used a heart-shaped cookie cutter and tinted the icing pink. They were beautiful!
SERVES 40
Ingredients
BARS
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks, melted)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons orange extract or vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 cup craisins (dried cranberries)
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
FROSTING
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange extract (or vanilla)
TOPPING
- 1/3 cup craisins, chopped
- 1-2 tablespoon grated orange rind
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon canola oil
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (325 for a glass or dark pan). Prepare a 10x15 by lining it with parchment paper or use a non-stick spray.2
BARS: Melt butter; cool slightly. With an electric mixer, beat together melted butter and sugars 3-5 minutes until light; gently blend in eggs and orange extract. Add the flour, baking powder, and ginger and beat briefly. Add the cranberries and chips, stirring just until incorporated.3
Spread thick batter in prepared 10x15 pan. Bake 350 for 23-24 minutes until light brown and a skewer tests clean. Don't overbake. Let it cool completely. NOTE: If you use a 9x13 pan, the bars will be thicker and will take 27-29 minutes.4
FROSTING: Blend cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add orange extract and confectioner’s sugar and beat until frosting is fluffy and spreadable (adding 1 t. milk if needed). Spread evenly over COOLED bars.5
GARNISH: Use a zester to remove rind from an orange; sprinkle zest over frosted bars. Chop 1/3 cup Craisins coarsely; sprinkle over frosted bars.6
DRIZZLE: Mix white chocolate and oil in a glass measuring cup. Microwave 1 minute; stir until melted. Use a fork or whisk to drizzle the white chocolate diagonally across the bars.7
Allow one hour for the white chocolate to set before cutting. **To make signature Starbuck triangles, cut into 20 large squares (5 cuts by 4 cuts with the knife). Then cut each square in half diagonally to create triangles.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: Lynne the Pirate Queen
On Feb 13, 2009
This review is really just for the frosting and topping, which I used atop the easy version of these bars (I haven't tried these bars yet, but they look so good I will try them when I have a little time). The frosting was wonderful — so easy and delicious! I used vanilla extract, and put the dried orange peel in the frosting instead of fresh zest on top of it (I wanted the flavor, but didn't want the orange color visible). Also, because I wanted the frosting pink without resorting to food coloring, I beat in additional cranberry juice... it produced a beautiful pale pink color and a bit more cranberry flavor. Simply grand, and sooo pretty! Thanks for a great addition to my dessert collection!
From: Chef #1118816
On Jan 8, 2009
I made this reciepe and it was so easy.I didnt have cranberries so I used cherry flavored crasins. I also added 4oz of cream cheese to the frosting instead 3 of I also added pecans. It was so amazing
From: Inklefritz19
On Dec 17, 2007
This was absolutely wonderful! I decided late last night that I had the undyind dresire to make something so I decided to make something sweet. I like how the instructions were easy to follow and they helped out a lot with how things needed to be. I had a little trouble with the drizzle on top but I made it work. I brought the left over bars to work and everyone loved them. I will diffenelty be making this again!
From: Baklava
On Dec 22, 2007
Absolutely fabulous bars - a wonderful change from chocolate everything and so very festive for the holidays. I followed the simple recipe very easily. The only thing that I did was to add more orange zest than called for and to double the cranberry toppings and white chocolate glaze. I did contemplate adding a dark chocolate to this in the glazing part of the recipe. Most likely I'll still experiment with that, but I'm thinking that it would be a nice addition. I'll let you know! Update! I did try the dark chocolate, substituting it for the white chocolate in the topping. It was a beautiful contrast to the white frosting and red cranberries - very pretty. And I gave the recipe to about 5 friends because they loved it so much. Thanks Cookin'Diva
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