Description
The first time I tried these, a co-worker on a specialized team brought them in for breakfast. She got them from Starbucks® (a seasonal delight, I’m told). So, I checked them out after I got off from work and at over $2 per little “triangle” piece, I decided I’d learn to make them for a lot less. My family members all urged me to recreate these. So after a bit of research, I found that there’s a few copycat recipes online; but this is my twist on that concept.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®), chopped
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest, or more to taste
- ⅓ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ teaspoon canola oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9×13-inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- Beat butter
- brown sugar
- and white sugar for bars together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy
- about 5 minutes. Stir in eggs
- orange extract
- and vanilla extract until well blended. Add flour
- baking powder
- and ginger; mix until well incorporated and the batter looks like soft cookie dough. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chips until well mixed. Spread the stiff batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until light brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- 30 to 35 minutes. Don’t overbake
- or your bars will be dry. Let cool completely
- about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- mix cream cheese and butter for frosting together until light and fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar and orange extract; beat mixture until fluffy and spreadable. Spread evenly over the cooled bars.
- Combine cranberries and orange zest for topping in a food processor and roughly chop. Sprinkle evenly over the frosted bars.
- Mix white chocolate chips and oil together in a glass
- microwave-safe measuring cup. Microwave until fluid enough to drizzle
- 1 minute to 1 minute 15 seconds
- stirring every 15 seconds until melted. Use a fork or whisk to drizzle the melted chocolate diagonally across the bars.
- Allow chocolate to set for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares or triangles.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 24