Cranberry Cream Cheese Crisp

I’ve been collecting recipes forever and something that was way overdue was me going through my recipe “shoe box” 📦. Some were written on napkins, others were hand written on paper that people had given me but they all have one thing in common, they were more than 20 years old… I could tell just by the yellowish color of the napkins/papers.
 
One of the recipes I found was with leftover cranberry sauce. Initially, it was cream cheese in a graham cracker pie crust with cranberry sauce on top and an oats mixture to cover it all. Although this recipe looked pretty awesome, I just couldn’t wrap my mind 🤕 around the graham cracker crust. Why? Is it because there’s too many different things going on.
 
So, I decided to make a nice oat mixture with nuts plus my secret 🤫 little touch then proceed with the rest of the ingredients, finishing with the same oat mixture and layer in between with cream cheese & cranberry sauce. When done, this dessert looked much more balanced and I decided to call it my Cranberry Cream Cheese Crisp!
 
With a few alterations, this recipe is now more delicious and attractive. This Cranberry Cream Cheese Crisp is sweet but still has the subtle tartness from the cranberries. I use my homemade Citrus Cranberry Sauce but if you make your cranberry sauce very sweet, you might not have any tartness in this dessert.
 
After trying it, this Cranberry Cream Cheese Crisp will give you a reason to make 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 more cranberry sauce so you can use your leftovers for this fabulous dessert! If you’re looking for a nice subtle homemade cranberry sauce, last month for Canadian Thanksgiving, I posted my Citrus Cranberry Sauce with a twist. It goes great in this recipe!
Bon Appétit!🍽
 
Here are a few tasty Thanksgiving recipes for you to try…😀
– Broccoli & Cauliflower Casserole
– Old Fashioned Stuffing with Giblets
– Dinner Rolls
– Squash à la Canadienne
– Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Onions
– Leftover Gravy Solution
– Green Bean Mushroom & Almond Casserole
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Cranberry Cream Cheese Crisp

Not sure what to do with your leftover cranberry sauce? Here's a delicious sweet solution for you... try my Cranberry Cream Cheese Crisp!

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Servings 20 piceces

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Passive Time 0 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/8 tsp. ground Himalayan pink salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened tips & tricks
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, such as demerara
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup good quality maple syrup tips & tricks
• 1 package (8 oz.) light cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (10 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice tips & tricks
• 1 1/2 cups cranberry sauce see Recipe
• 1 1/2 tbsp. cornstarch

Directions

 

• Preheat oven to 350ºF and grease a 13x9 baking dish; set aside.
• In a large bowl, blend together flour, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in brown sugar, oats and walnuts (don’t over mix). Pour in the maple syrup and gently stir to mix.
• Press half the crumb mixture over the bottom of the prepared dish to form a bottom crust; set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine cream cheese, milk and lemon juice; process until smooth.
• Pour cream cheese mixture over the bottom crust.
• In a medium bowl, stir together cranberry sauce and cornstarch.
• Spread the cranberry mixture over cream cheese and sprinkle on the remaining oat mixture; lightly pat down with the palm of your hand to even it out.
• Transfer to the preheated oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until the center is set.

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