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!
Ingredients
- 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.