Tsr Version Of Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars By Todd Wilbur

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla or 1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup diced dried cranberries
• 6 ounces chocolate, cut into chunks
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice or 2 teaspoons orange extract
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup diced dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening
• orange zest, garnish (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 beat butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. add eggs, vanilla, ginger, and salt; beat well.
• 3 gradually mix in flour until smooth.
• 4 mix 3/4 cup diced dried cranberries and chocolate into the batter by hand.
• 5 pour batter into a well-greased 9x13-inch baking pan and spread evenly.
• 6 bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake is light brown on the edges.
• 7 let cool.
• 8 frosting: combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 9 when the cake has cooled, spread frosting over the top of cake.
• 10 sprinkle top with diced cranberries.
• 11 icing: whisk powdered sugar, milk, and shortening.
• 12 drizzle icing over cranberries in a sweeping motion or use a pastry bag with a fine tip.
• 13 allow cake to sit for several hours, then slice the cake lengthwise (the long way) through the middle.
• 14 slice the cake across the width three times making a total of eight rectangular slices.
• 15 slice each of those rectangles diagonally creating 16 triangular slices.