White Chocolate Cranberry Bars

Omg, these are fabulous!!! The cranberry and chocolate are a great combination. The orange zest really brightens them up and adds a bit of pizazz. I made these this evening. I had found the recipe on a food blog and made a few minor changes. I will definitely be making these again. Definitely a great holiday treat!

White Chocolate Cranberry Bars

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 cups flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

zest of 1/2 large orange

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup dried cranberries

3/4 cup white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat an 11x7 pan with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, zest, nutmeg. Set aside.

In bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and both sugars on high until soft and light in color, about 3 minutes.

Turn mixer to low and beat in eggs, one at a time, and then vanilla until thoroughly combined.

Slowly incorporate flour mixture.

Remove from stand mixer and stir in cranberries and white chocolate.

Spread batter in pan evenly.

Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

Cool on rack for 1 hour.