Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into pea-sized pieces, plus more for pan
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 (11-ounce) bag butterscotch chips
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Drape a 9 by 13-inch pan with overlapping pieces of aluminum foil, creating handles for easy removal. Butter the paper, and reserve.
In a food processor add the flour, oats and brown sugar and pulse to combine. Add the 2 sticks of butter, the cinnamon and the butterscotch chips. Pulse, pulse, pulse until the mixture forms clumps when pressed between your fingers. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Press half of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan in an even layer, reserve the other half. Bake in the preheated oven just until slightly golden and set, about 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
Beat together the cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon zest and juice and vanilla in an electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle, or with an electric hand mixer until no lumps of cream cheese remain. Spread evenly over the baked and cooled oatmeal mixture. Sprinkle the remaining half of the oatmeal mixture over the cream cheese. Bake until the top is golden, about 40 minutes.
Cool and chill before cutting. Run a knife around the edge of the pan, and using the foil handles, transfer the bars to a cutting board. Cut into 2-inch squares with a sharp knife and serve.
Call yourself a superstar!!!
Cook's Note: For a delicious and healthy variation of this recipe, try replacing the butterscotch chips with tasty dried cranberries
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By MrsGogo
on February 09, 2012
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These were wonderful! I'm sort of new to baking, but each batch gets better and stays together better (practice makes perfect!. I use parchment paper instead of the foil; there's no problem getting the finished product out of the pan, nor is there a big mess to clean up after. My husband asks me to make these all the time. I'd defintely recommend them. My only complaint is they're kind of time consuming & difficult to prepare since I don't have a food processor, but the result is defintely worth all of the work!
By vtunell
on January 29, 2012
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I made these exactly as the recipe says, we loved them!!! They taste delicious and are easy to make. Great recipe! All our friends loved them too!
By mm4me2006_11657529
hollis, NH
on January 21, 2012
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i use the juice of half an orange and grated the skin....
very good iwll do them using a little less sugar
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