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     Title: Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 3 servings

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

   Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until creamy; beat in
   flour, oats and orange peel until crumbly. Stir in chocolate chips
   and cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture. Press remaining mixture onto
   bottom 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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