Title: Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars
Categories: Holiday Fruit Cookie Chocolate
Yield: 3 Dozen

1	c	Butter or margarine;
		. (2 sticks or 1/2 LB)
1	c	Brown sugar; packed
2	c	Flour
1 1/2	c	Rolled oats
2	ts	Orange zest; grated
1	pk	Semisweet chocolate chips;
		. 12oz
1	c	Cranberries; dried (4oz)
1	pk	Cream cheese; (8oz)
1 1/4	c	Sweetened condensed milk;
		. (1 can at 14oz)

Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl unffl creamy; beat in flour, oats and orange peel until crumbly. Stir in chocolate chips and cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture. Press remaining mixture onto bo*om of greased 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees 15 minutes.

Beat cream cheese in small bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk. Pour over hot crust; sprinkle with reserved oat mixture. Return to oven and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Makes about 3 dozen. ** Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- Food section -- 29 November 1995 **

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