Too-Yummy-to-Share Cranberry Bliss Cookie Bars
Deliciously crumbly with a sweet sugar cookie base, sweet and tart leftover cranberry sauce combine to make a scrumptious dessert bar!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 16.5 ounce package of refrigerated sugar cookie dough, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar, divided (1/2 cup and 1/2 cup for later)
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cups prepared (leftover) cranberry sauce
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease 7″ x 11″ baking dish with butter.
- Remove sugar cookie dough from package and cut off one-third of dough and set aside.
- Using the palm of your hand (and your fingers), press the remaining 2/3’s of the cookie dough in the buttered baking dish, pressing dough into pan until evenly distributed (this is your crust).
- In a mixing bowl, combine softened cream cheese, egg and 1/2 cup powdered sugar until well blended.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over sugar cookie base, smoothing evenly with a spatula.
- Spoon cranberry sauce over cream cheese mixture, in dollops, and then smooth with spatula.
- Sprinkle with walnuts.
- Dollop remaining cookie dough over walnuts.
- Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes until golden brown and bubbly.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before cutting into bars
- In a small bowl, mix together the remaining 1/2 cup powdered sugar with 3 tablespoons milk to make glaze.
- Using spoon or fork, drizzle over cooled bars and serve.
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