Cheesecake Cranberry Bars w/ Brown Sugar Crumble
ING-- 2 cups flour 1 1/4 cups quick-cook oatmeal 3/4 cup packed brown sugar cup butter softened
2-8 oz pkg cr/cheese 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp l/juice tsp vanilla 16 oz can whole berry cranberry sauce
CRUMBLE stir flour, oats, br/sugar. Then w/ pastry blender, cut in butter to resemble coarse crumbs.
Reserve 1 1/2 cup crumbs for topping. Press rest crumbs on bottom of greased 13X9" pan; bake 350 deg 15 min.
CHEESECAKE in same bowl, elec/mixer cr/cheese and sugar on med speed til softened. Beat in eggs, l/juice, vanilla.
Spread over baked oat layer.
FINAL Stir cranberry sauce and 2 tsp cornstarch together; carefully spoon over cr/cheese mixture. Sprinkle w/ reserved 1 1/2 cup crumbs.
Bake/set 40 min at 350 deg. Cool on wire rack. Cover/chill at least 3 hours.
SERVE cut into 36 bars.