Make your own cranberry bliss bars

Lance Whipple, executive pastry chef at the Four Seasons Resort, shows how to make cranberry bliss bars like they make at the resort (and at a little coffee place you may frequent).

Cranberry Bliss Bars

Butter                              8 oz
Brown Sugar                    8 oz
Sugar                               4 oz
Eggs                                 2 ea
Vanilla                               2 t
Baking Soda                     1 t
Salt                                   1 t
Cake Flour                       10 oz  
White Choc, chunks          4 oz
Dried Cranberries             4 oz
Almond Pieces                  2 oz
Orange Zest                     1 ea

Method:
Cream butter, brown sugar, and sugar.  Mix eggs and vanilla, then add slowly.  Sift together baking soda, salt, and cake flour; add to mix.  Add chocolate, cranberries, pecans, and zest.  Spread into a greased 9 x 13 pan.  Bake in a 340 oven until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.   

Grand Marnier Cream Cheese Frosting:
Powdered Sugar                         2T
Cream Cheese, softened            8 oz
Orange Zest-optional                 1 ea
Grand Marnier                             1 oz
 
Method:
Mix the cream cheese until soft.  Add sugar, orange zest and Grand Marnier.  Spread over bars and top with dried cranberries.