Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cream Cheese Bars

Here's a chocolate chip bar recipe with cranberries and cream cheese.

1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 cups flour
1-1/2 cups rolled oats
2 teaspoons orange peel, grated
1 12-oz. package semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup cranberries, dried (4 oz.)
1 package cream cheese (8 oz.)
1-1/4 cups sweetened condensed milk

1. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until creamy.
   
2. Stir in flour, oats, and orange peel until crumbly.
   
3. Stir in chocolate chips and cranberries.
   
4. Reserve 2 cups mixture. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of greased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes.
   
5. Beat cream cheese in small bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk.
   
6. Pour over hot crust, and then sprinkle with reserved oat mixture. Return to oven and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set.
   
7. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Makes about 3 dozen chocolate chip bars.