Forget about spending a fortune at Starbucks. Use this copycat Starbucks cranberry bliss bars recipe to make your own at home this year. Your wallet (and your waistline!) will thank you for it, believe me.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Copycat starbucks cranberry bliss bars
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 8bars
Calories 240kcal
Ingredients
for the bars
1cupall-purpose flour
¼teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonground cinnamon
¼cupgranulated sugar
¼cupbrown sugarunpacked
¼cupmelted butter
1egg white
1teaspoonvanilla extract
⅓cupwhite chocolate chips/chopped white chocolate
3tablespoonschopped dried cranberries
for the icing
4oz/113g fat-free cream cheeseat room temperature
¼cuppowdered sugar
¼teaspoonvanilla extract
3tablespoonschopped dried cranberries + extra for decorating
Instructions
for the bars
Preheat the oven to 350F/175C and stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and both sugars in a medium-size bowl.
Pour in the melted butter and egg white and mix until a stiff and fairly sticky dough comes together.
Sprinkle over the white chocolate chips/chopped white chocolate and chopped cranberries. Stir them into the dough until they're evenly dispersed.
Press the cookie dough into the base of a 9" round cake tin and bake in the preheated oven for around 20 minutes, until golden brown.
Remove the cookie base from the oven and tip it out onto a wire baking tray. Leave to cool fully before spreading on the icing.
for the icing
In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla extract.
When the cookie base is cool, spread over the icing, making sure you cover all the way to the edges.
Sprinkle on a few extra chopped dried cranberries for decoration then cut into 8 slices.