White Chocolate Cranberry Blondie Bars Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Line an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
• In large bowl, add melted butter and brown sugar. Stir until mixed and then add egg and vanilla extract. Stir vigorously until completely smooth.
• Add flour and beat until batter is completely smooth and well combined. Stir until the batter pulls away from the bowl; add white chocolate chips and dried cranberries. Mix until just combined - do not over mix.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan and bake 20-25 minutes. A toothpick when inserted into the center of bars should come out mostly clean. Remove from oven and sprinkle with sea salt, if desired. Allow blondies to cool completely before slicing into squares.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter; stir in the brown sugar. Cool slightly., Add eggs, 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; stir into butter mixture. Stir in cranberries and chopped chocolate (batter will be thick). Spread into a greased 13x9-in. pan., Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (do not overbake), 18-21 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack., For frosting, beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and, if desired, orange zest until smooth. Gradually beat in half of the melted white chocolate; spread over blondies. Sprinkle with cranberries; drizzle with remaining melted chocolate., Cut into triangles. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, leaving 2 inches of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan; spray foil with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. On low speed, beat in flour, baking powder and salt until blended. Stir in baking chips, walnuts and cranberries. Spread in pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and set. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack. Use foil to lift from pan. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BLONDIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla, and eggs. Gradually add flour, baking powder, and salt to the mixture. Fold in the remaining chips into the batter (reserve 1/3 cup white chips for topping). Fold in 1 cup cranberries (reserve 1/2 cup for topping). Spread the batter evenly into a 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool.
• Prepare the frosting. In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, cream cheese and Grand Marnier or vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, add half the powdered sugar, mix well and then add the rest and mix until smooth and creamy.
• Frost the bars. Then sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cranberries.
• Melt the remaining chips and pipe in a small stream over the top.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Prepare cake: Beat brown sugar and butter with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, ginger, and salt; beat until well combined. Gradually beat in flour until smooth. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chips with a spoon. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan and spread evenly.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light brown, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool, about 30 to 45 minutes.
• Prepare frosting: Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Spread frosting over cooled cake, then sprinkle chopped cranberries over top. Let sit for 3 hours. Cut in thirds down the length of the pan, then in quarters across the width. Then cut each square diagonally to create 24 triangular pieces.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BLONDIES

Steps:

• FOR THE BLONDIE ~ In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter.
• Stir in brown sugar, then transfer to a large mixing bowl & cool to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & grease a 13"x9" baking dish.
• Beat in eggs & vanilla.
• In another bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt & cinnamon, then gradually this flour mixture to butter mixture.
• Stir in cranberries & chopped chocolate ~ Batter will be thick.
• Spread into prepared baking dish & bake 18-21 minutes or until tootpick inserted near center comes out clean (DO NOT OVERBAKE!).
• Cool on wire rack.
• FOR THE FROSTING ~ In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar & zest until blended.
• Gradually add half the melted chocolate, & beat until blended.
• Frost blondies, then sprinkle with chopped dried cranberries.
• Drizzle with remaining melted chocolate.
• Cut into bars & store in refrigerator.