{"id":32886,"date":"2025-09-15T04:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/?p=32886"},"modified":"2025-09-15T04:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:49:54","slug":"white-chocolate-cranberry-blondie-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/white-chocolate-cranberry-blondie-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"White Chocolate Cranberry Blondie Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
JUMP TO RECIPE<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine sinking your teeth into a chewy and soft blondie filled with sweet dried cranberries and creamy white chocolate, all topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting, a drizzle of white chocolate, and more cranberries. It\u2019s the perfect treat for this time of year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\n\t

White Chocolate Cranberry Blondie Bars<\/h2>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t

\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t
\n\t\t

**Blondie Dough:**<\/h4>
  • 1 cup melted unsalted butter<\/li>
  • 1 1\/3 cups packed light brown sugar<\/li>
  • 1\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/li>
  • 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk at room temperature<\/li>
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract<\/li>
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>
  • 1 teaspoon salt<\/li>
  • 2\/3 to 1 cup dried cranberries<\/li>
  • 2\/3 to 1 cup white chocolate chips<\/li>
  • 1 teaspoon orange zest<\/li><\/ul>

    **Topping:**<\/h4>
    • Chopped dried cranberries for sprinkling<\/li>
    • Melted white chocolate<\/li><\/ul>

      **Frosting:**<\/h4>
      • 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature<\/li>
      • 1\/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature<\/li>
      • 1 1\/2 cups powdered sugar<\/li>
      • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li><\/ul>\t<\/div>\n\t
        \n\t\t
        1. Preheat your oven to 350\u00b0F.<\/li>
        2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, salt, and baking powder.<\/li>
        3. In another bowl, whisk together melted unsalted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract until smooth.<\/li>
        4. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients using a rubber spatula. The batter should be between a cake batter and cookie dough consistency, not too thick or too runny.<\/li>
        5. Stir in the orange zest, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries.<\/li>
        6. Line a 9×9 or 9×13 pan with parchment paper (use 9×9 for thicker bars, 9×13 for thinner bars).<\/li>
        7. Spread the batter evenly in the pan.<\/li>
        8. Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, being careful not to overbake. Thinner bars will cook faster if using a 9×13 pan.<\/li>
        9. Let it cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan to finish cooling to room temperature.<\/li>
        10. While it cools, make the cream cheese frosting by beating cream cheese, unsalted butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until fluffy and smooth.<\/li>
        11. Frost the blondies to your liking and chill in the fridge until the frosting is set (optional but helpful for cutting).<\/li>
        12. Once set, cut the bars into squares and then diagonally into triangles.<\/li>
        13. Drizzle melted white chocolate on each triangle and sprinkle chopped cranberries on top.<\/li>
        14. Enjoy these delightful treats!<\/li><\/ol>\t<\/div>\n\t
          \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t
          \n\t\t
          Dessert<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
          \n\t

          White Chocolate Cranberry Blondie Bars<\/h2>\n\t\t

          \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t

          \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t
          \n\t\t

          **Blondie Dough:**<\/h4>
          • 1 cup melted unsalted butter<\/li>
          • 1 1\/3 cups packed light brown sugar<\/li>
          • 1\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/li>
          • 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk at room temperature<\/li>
          • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract<\/li>
          • 2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>
          • 1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>
          • 1 teaspoon salt<\/li>
          • 2\/3 to 1 cup dried cranberries<\/li>
          • 2\/3 to 1 cup white chocolate chips<\/li>
          • 1 teaspoon orange zest<\/li><\/ul>

            **Topping:**<\/h4>
            • Chopped dried cranberries for sprinkling<\/li>
            • Melted white chocolate<\/li><\/ul>

              **Frosting:**<\/h4>
              • 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature<\/li>
              • 1\/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature<\/li>
              • 1 1\/2 cups powdered sugar<\/li>
              • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li><\/ul>\t<\/div>\n\t
                \n\t\t
                1. Preheat your oven to 350\u00b0F.<\/li>
                2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, salt, and baking powder.<\/li>
                3. In another bowl, whisk together melted unsalted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract until smooth.<\/li>
                4. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients using a rubber spatula. The batter should be between a cake batter and cookie dough consistency, not too thick or too runny.<\/li>
                5. Stir in the orange zest, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries.<\/li>
                6. Line a 9×9 or 9×13 pan with parchment paper (use 9×9 for thicker bars, 9×13 for thinner bars).<\/li>
                7. Spread the batter evenly in the pan.<\/li>
                8. Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, being careful not to overbake. Thinner bars will cook faster if using a 9×13 pan.<\/li>
                9. Let it cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan to finish cooling to room temperature.<\/li>
                10. While it cools, make the cream cheese frosting by beating cream cheese, unsalted butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until fluffy and smooth.<\/li>
                11. Frost the blondies to your liking and chill in the fridge until the frosting is set (optional but helpful for cutting).<\/li>
                12. Once set, cut the bars into squares and then diagonally into triangles.<\/li>
                13. Drizzle melted white chocolate on each triangle and sprinkle chopped cranberries on top.<\/li>
                14. Enjoy these delightful treats!<\/li><\/ol>\t<\/div>\n\t
                  \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t
                  \n\t\t
                  Dessert<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Imagine sinking your teeth into a chewy and soft blondie filled with sweet dried cranberries and creamy white chocolate, all topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting, a drizzle of white chocolate, and more cranberries. It\u2019s the perfect treat for this time of year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dessert","infinite-scroll-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9amchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}