Chocolate Cranberry Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups rice krispies
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 5 ounces sweetened condensed milk

Recipe

• 1 crust.
• 2 preheat the oven to 350˚f.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• 4 cut butter into small pieces, add to flour mixture, and kneed until crumbly.
• 5 in a small bowl, whisk together honey and milk until smooth. pour over flour mixture and stir until mixed evenly.
• 6 spread dough into a greased 9x13" pan and press down until flat.
• 7 bake for 15 minutes, or until set.
• 8 filling.
• 9 when the crust is set, mix together the rice crispies, chocolate, and cranberries, and spread evenly over the crust.
• 10 topping.
• 11 melt the cream cheese slightly in the microwave.
• 12 beat in sugar and salt.
• 13 add in egg and beat until the lumps are gone.
• 14 add the condensed milk, and stir until smooth.
• 15 pour over the crust and filling.
• 16 bake for 20 minutes until the center is set.
• 17 let cool completely before cutting - the topping has to set, or else it will be crumbly and messy!