Cranberry Bliss Bar Clone #1
A bar cookie recipe similar to the Cranberry Bliss Bars sold at Starbucks
Servings 24
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 2 sticks salted butter (add ¾ teaspoon of salt if using unsalted) (230 grams)
- 1 cup brown sugar (210 grams)
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar (65 grams)
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour (260 grams)
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ¾ cup dried cranberries
- ¾ cup white chocolate chips
FROSTING
- 4 oz softened cream cheese (114 grams)
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (42 grams)
- 1 ¾ cups confectioners' sugar (210 grams)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or ¾ tsp vanilla and ¼ tsp orange extract
TOPPING
- ⅓ cup craisins chopped
- 1-2 tablespoon grated orange rind
- ⅓ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ teaspoon vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 15x10 inch metal pan with parchment paper.
- Beat the butter and sugar until creamy; add eggs, vanilla and orange zest and beat until combined.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt (if you used unsalted butter) and ginger, then stir them into the sugar mixture to make a soft dough. Add the cranberries and chips, stirring just to blend and being careful not to over-mix.
- Spread batter in prepared pan and bake 350 for 23-24 minutes or until the edges are light brown and a skewer inserted into the center comes out mostly clean. Let it cool completely.
- Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add extract and confectioner’s sugar and beat until frosting is fluffy and spreadable. Spread evenly over cooled bars.
- Garnish: Use a zester to remove rind from an orange. Chop ⅓ cup Craisins coarsely. Sprinkle this garnish of orange zest and Craisins over frosted bars.
- For the final topping, mix white chocolate and oil in a glass measuring cup. Microwave 50% power for 1 minute; stir. Repeat 1 more minute at 50% power; stir. Use a fork to drizzle the white chocolate in thin diagonal strips across the bars (I didn’t use fork).
- Allow one hour for the white chocolate to set before cutting. **To make signature Starbuck triangles, cut jelly roll pan into 20 large squares