Cranberry Blissful Bars

Raise your hand if you've been to Starbucks and had their Cranberry Bliss Bar. Raise your hand if you LOOOOVE it. (I know you can't see me, but I'm raising BOTH of my hands.) Here's a version that will knock your socks off and make you never want to go to " * $" again and spend big money for the same thing you can make at home. You'll be the envy of all your friends...unless they are fans of SFFS too, and see this post and make it themselves. Whatever....just make it! You'll be SO glad you did!!

Cranberry Blissful Bars



Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Cake

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 ¼ cups light brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups flour
¾ cup Craisins
6 ounces white chocolate chips

Cream butter and brown sugar until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, ginger and salt. Beat well. Gradually mix in flour until smooth. Mix ¾ cup Craisins and white chocolate chips into the batter by hand. Pour batter into a well-greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Spread batter evenly across pan and bake for 35 – 40 minutes until light brown on the edges. Cool.

Let's get going!

Combine the butter and brown sugar.

Then add the eggs, vanilla, ginger and salt.

Mix in the flour.

Add the Craisins and white chocolate chips.

Spread it in the pan...

..and bake it up!

Frosting

4 ounces cream cheese
3 cups powdered sugar
4 teaspoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon vanilla

¼ cup Craisins

Make the easy-peasy frosting.

See how easy?

Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a medium bowl. Mix until smooth. Spread over cooled cake. Sprinkle the 1/4 cup Craisins over the frosted cake.

Drizzle Icing

½ cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons shortening

Mix powdered sugar, milk and shortening until smooth. Drizzle over frosted cake.

Make the drizzle...

I only had butter flavored Crisco but 

use the regular white stuff if you have it.

Cut cake into 8 rectangular slices then slice each one diagonally to make 16 bars.

And drizzle over the frosted cake.

 Cut it up and enjoy!