12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies - Cranberry Bars

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I realized tonight as I wrote up this post that I must love dried cranberries because I have used them a lot in my baking and I think this is my third recipe for Christmas cookes with cranberries.  I have never thought much about cranberries but I do really love them.  I remember the first time I had had 'craisins'; I was in Italy with my friend Gemma and we had met up with some Chilean guys.  We were poor and craisins were the perfect low calorie snack to keep hunger at bay.  Ahhh....good times...really good times....

My love for Starbucks is quite well known amongst my friends.  My favorite drink of all time is a Gingerbread Latte and it only comes out at Christmas, well to be exact November 1st.  Last year one of my favorite bloggers Amanda from Fake Ginger made Cranberry Bars that are similar to Starbucks' Cranberry Bliss Bars.  I actually think that these are much better and I love to eat them straight from the freezer.  You may remember that I am trying to freeze all these goodies...well...even though the bars made it to the freezer there are none left...blush..

I am not going to post the recipe this week because I think you should go to Amanda's blog and check out all the other neat things she has baked and cooked.  Here is the link to the Cranberry Bars on Fake Ginger.

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