Best Cranberry Bliss Bars Recipes

CRANBERRY BLISS BARS (STARBUCKS COPYCAT)

Steps:

• 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.
• BARS: With an electric mixer, beat together softened butter and sugars 3-5 minutes until light; gently blend in eggs and orange extract (don't overbeat eggs). Add the flour, baking powder, and ginger and beat briefly. Add the cranberries and chips, stirring just until incorporated.
• Spread thick batter in prepared 10x15 pan. Bake 350 for 20-24 minutes until light brown AT EDGES and a skewer tests clean. Don't overbake or your bars will be dry. Let it cool completely. NOTE: If you use a 9x13 pan, the bars will be thicker and will take 26-28 minutes.
• FROSTING: Blend cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add orange extract and confectioners sugar and beat until frosting is fluffy and spreadable (adding 1 t. milk if needed). Spread evenly over COOLED bars.
• 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.
• DRIZZLE: Mix white chocolate and oil in a glass measuring cup. Microwave 1 minute; stirring every 15 seconds until melted. Use a fork or whisk to drizzle the white chocolate diagonally across the bars.
• 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.

CRANBERRY BLISS BARS (EASY VERSION)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9x13 pan by lining it with parchment paper for easy removal (or spray with non-stick spray).
• Melt butter; cool slightly. In a mixer bowl, blend butter and brown sugar until smooth. Add all other ingredients except chips and Craisins. Once the mixture is just about blended, add 1/2 cup chips and 1/2 cup Craisins.
• Spread the thick batter into a 9x13 pan. Bake 350 degrees for 23-25 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean. Do not overbake.
• Allow to cool thoroughly.
• When cool, frost with ready-made Cream Cheese frosting. Chop remaining 1/4 cup Craisins into small bits and scatter the bits over the top of the frosting.
• Melt remaining 1/4 cup white chocolate chips in the microwave (hint: add 1/2 t. canola oil to create a thin drizzle); use a fork to drizzle the melted chocolate on top. Cut into 18 squares.

STARBUCKS IMITATION CRANBERRY BLISS BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• 2. Beat together butter and sugar and then add eggs and vanilla beating until light and fluffy.
• 3. Add flour, powdered ginger and salt, beat well.
• 4. Fold in the cranberries, chocolate chunks and minced candied ginger.
• 5. Spread batter in pan and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown.
• 6. After cake cools, mix all frosting ingredients together and spread over top of cake.
• 7. Sprinkle with minced cranberries, and cut into bars.

CRANBERRY BLISS BARS

Steps:

• For bars:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Line a 10x15 jelly roll pan with parchment paper, trimming away any excess.
• Cream butter and brown sugar in electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, allowing each to incorporate.
• Add dry ingredients in small amounts, allowing time to blend and not forgetting to scrape down the mixer bowl.
• Turn off mixer, remove paddle, and fold in cranberries, chocolate, and ginger peel.
• Spread batter over parchment on pan and bake for about 30 minutes or until bars are not puffy and slightly firm to the touch. Allow to cool.
• For topping:.
• In another electric mixer, blend softened cream cheese with powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, orange juice and orange zest, making sure you scrape down the mixer bowl and blend. Turn off mixer, remove paddle, and fold in dried cranberries.
• When bars are cool, spread frosting evenly on top and sprinkle with chocolate shavings (scrape a bar on the side with a large knife to get these- doesn't matter if it crumbles instead of curling).
• Cut bars into fourths along the length, and into 3 parts along the width, then cut each square into a triangle.
• Store bars in the refrigerator.

SKINNY CRANBERRY BLISS BARS (SKINNYTASTE.COM)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9 x 13 inch non-stick baking pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and stir to blend. In another bowl, whisk the sugars with the butter, egg whites, applesauce and vanilla until light and fluffy. Whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in two additions until the batter is very well blended. If the batter looks more "crumbly" than smooth, add just a drop of water at a time (ONLY if needed) until it smooths out. Fold in white chocolate chips and 1/3 cup cranberries. Spread batter onto the baking pan using the back of a measuring cup to smooth evenly. Bake 10 - 14 minutes, until the edges are light brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Don't over-bake or your bars will be dry. Let it cool completely on wire rack. Meanwhile, prepare the frosting; in a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until well-blended. Frost bars and sprinkle with remaining cranberries. Drizzle with the melted white chocolate. *To melt the chocolate, place in a microwave safe cup and heat 15 seconds; stir. Another 15 seconds; stir until the chocolate is melted. When the chocolate sets, cut into 15 large squares (5 cuts by 3 cuts with the knife). Then cut each square in half diagonally to create triangles. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

CRANBERRY BLISS BARS (ALMOST LIKE STARBUCKS)

Steps:

• For bars:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line a 10x15 jelly roll pan with parchment, trimming away any excess.
• Cream butter and Brown sugar blend splenda in electric mixer until smooth.
• Add eggs one at a time, allowing each to incorporate.
• Add dry ingredients in small amounts, allowing time to blend and not forgetting to scrape down the mixer bowl.
• Turn off mixer, remove paddle, and fold in cranberries, chocolate, and ginger peel.
• Spread batter over parchment on pan and bake for about 30 minutes or until bars are not puffy and slightly firm to the touch.
• Allow to cool.
• For topping:.
• In another kitchenaid bowl, blend softened cream cheese with nature sweet powder, butter, vanilla. orange juice and powdered rind, making sure you scrape down the mixer bowl and blend (To make powdered rind, run dried peel through a spice mill then sift to remove any grit).
• Turn off mixer, remove paddle, and fold in dried cranberries.
• When bars are cool, spread frosting evenly on top and sprinkle with chocolate shavings (scrape a bar on the side with a large knife to get these- doesn't matter if it crumbles instead of curling).
• Cut bars into fourths along the length, and into 3 parts along the width, then cut each square into a triangle.
• Store bars in the refrigerator.

STARBUCKS CRANBERRY BLISS BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 2. Make cake by beating butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, ginger, and salt and beat well. Gradually mix in flour until smooth. Mix 3/4 cup diced dried cranberries and white chocolate into the batter by hand. Pour batter into a well-greased 9x13" baking pan. Use a spatula to spread the batter evenly across the pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake is light brown on the edges. Allow cake to cool. 3. Make frosting by combining softened cream cheese, 3 cups powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. When the cake has cooled, use a spatula to spread frosting over the top of the cake. 4. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of diced cranberries over the frosting on the cake. 5. Whisk together 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and shortening. Drizzle icing over the cranberries in a sweeping motion or use a pastry bag with a fine tip to drizzle frosting across the top of the cake. 6. Allow cake to sit for several hours, then slice the cake lengthwise (the long way) through the middle. Slice the cake across the width three times making a total of eight rectangular slices. Slice each of those rectangles diagonally creating 16 triangular slices.

CRANBERRY BLISS BARS / STARBUCK'S

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350^.Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan. Set aside.
• 2. Bars: Beat together the butter and brown sugar with electric mixer until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, then add the ginger,vanilla and salt. and beat well.
• 3. Gradually mix in the flour and baking powder until smooth. Mix the chopped cranberries and chocolate chips into the batter by hand. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Use a spatula to spread evenly across the pan. Bake 25-30 minutes, until the bars are lightly browned on top. Cool on wire rack.
• 4. Frosting: Combine ingredient,except cranberries, in a mixer bowl and beat until smooth. Spread on bars when completely cooled. Sprinkle the cranberries over top of frosting. --- Drizzle Garnish: Whisk together ingredients and drizzle over cranberries in a back and forth motion using a squirt bottle or plastic storage bag, corner cut off. --- Cover bars and chill for 2 hours. Then cut bars length-wise down the center -then cut then across 4 times making 8 bars and cut those bars in half diagonally making 16 triangular bars.

CRANBERRY BLISS BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• Combine flour, oats, 3/4 cup brown sugar and butter. Mix until crumbly. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of crumb mixture and set aside. Place remaining crumbs in baking dish and spread out to form a crust. Bake for 15 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese until fluffy and gradually mix in condensed milk, lemon juice and vanilla. Pour evenly over crust.
• In small bowl, combine remaining sugar, cornstarch and cranberry sauce. Spoon over cream cheese mixture and sprinkle reserved crumbs over the top. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool at room temperature and refrigerate after cutting into bars. Store in the refrigerator.

CRANBERRY BLISS SEVEN LAYER BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
• To a large, microwave-safe bowl addthe butter and heat on high power to melt, about 1 minute.
• Add the graham crackers crumbs and toss lightly with a fork to coat crumbs evenly.
• Turn mixture out into prepared pan, forming an even, smooth, flat crust layer by tapping crumbs into place with a spatula or your fingertips. The amount of crust is skimpy and barely covers the pan, but it's okay.
• Evenly sprinkle with the white chocolate chips, chocolatechips, walnuts, cranberries, and coconut (in that order).
• Evenly drizzle sweetened condensed milk over the top.
• Bake for about 20minutes, or until lightly golden brown around edges and the center is mostly set. Keep an extremely close eye on bars in the final minutes of baking because coconut can go from raw-looking to burnt in one minute.I've baked the bars in different ovens and have baked for as long as 27 minutes and as short as 20 minutes; watch your bars and not the clock.
• Place pan on a wire rack and allow bars to cool in pan for at least 2 hours, or overnight, before slicing and serving.Bars firm up as they cool. Bars will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.
• Adapted from Seven Layer Bars

CRANBERRY BLISS BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 2. Make cake by beating butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, ginger, and salt and beat well. Gradually mix in flour until smooth. Mix 3/4 cup diced dried cranberries and white chocolate into the batter by hand. Pour batter into a well-greased 9x13" baking pan. Use a spatula to spread the batter evenly across the pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake is light brown on the edges. Allow cake to cool. 3. Make frosting by combining softened cream cheese, 3 cups powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. When the cake has cooled, use a spatula to spread frosting over the top of the cake. 4. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of diced cranberries over the frosting on the cake. 5. Whisk together 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and shortening. Drizzle icing over the cranberries in a sweeping motion or use a pastry bag with a fine tip to drizzle frosting across the top of the cake. 6. Allow cake to sit for several hours, then slice the cake lengthwise (the long way) through the middle. Slice the cake across the width three times making a total of eight rectangular slices. Slice each of those rectangles diagonally creating 16 triangular slices.

SKINNY CRANBERRY BLISS BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9 x 13 inch non-stick baking pan with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and stir to blend.
• In another bowl, whisk the sugars with the butter, egg whites, applesauce and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in two additions until the batter is very well blended. If the batter looks more "crumbly" than smooth, add just a drop of water at a time (ONLY if needed) until it smooths out.
• Fold in white chocolate chips and 1/3 cup cranberries. Spread batter onto the baking pan using the back of a measuring cup to smooth evenly.
• Bake 10 - 14 minutes, until the edges are light brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Don't over-bake or your bars will be dry. Let it cool completely on wire rack.
• Meanwhile, prepare the frosting; in a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until well-blended. Frost bars and sprinkle with remaining cranberries. Drizzle with the melted white chocolate.
• *To melt the chocolate, place in a microwave safe cup and heat 15 seconds; stir. Another 15 seconds; stir until the chocolate is melted.
• When the chocolate sets, cut into 15 large squares (5 cuts by 3 cuts with the knife). Then cut each square in half diagonally to create triangles. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

KETO CRANBERRY BLISS BARS

Steps:

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