Merry Berry Cheese Bars

Ingredients

  • 2 cups unsifted flour
  • 1 1/2 cups oats
  • 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 (14-oz.) can Eagle brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
  • 1/4 cup Real-emona Lemon Juice from Concentrate
  • 1 (16-oz.) can whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 2 tbsp. corn starch

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350.

With mixer, beat flour, oats, 3/4 cup sugar and butter until crumbly.

Set aside 1 1/2 cups mixture; press remaining mixture on bottom of greased 15x9inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

With mixer, beat cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in Eagle® Brand until smooth, stir in eaLemon®. Spread over baked crust. Combine cranberry sauce, corn starch and remaining 1 tbsp. sugar. Spoon over cheese layer. Top with reserved crumb mixture.

Bake 45 mm. or until golden. Cool and cut into bars. . Refrigerate leftovers.


Or this: Cut into large squares. Serve warm, top with ice cream.