Cranberry Pecan Dessert Bars

Disclosure: This Cranberry Pecan Dessert Bars recipe has been sponsored by General Mills and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are my own.

Cranberry Pecan Dessert Bars is a layered dessert bar recipe perfect for a last minute holiday dessert.

These easy dessert bars are full of my favorite holiday ingredients like dried cranberries, pecans and chocolate chips.

Cranberry Pecan Dessert Bars are going to be the easiest dessert bar recipe you have ever made. They only take a few minutes to make and taste amazing with the crispy flaky crescent crust and the sweet toppings.

Easy Last Minute Holiday Dessert Recipe

These Cranberry Pecan Dessert Bars are the perfect a last-minute dessert recipe that is quick and easy to make.

Easy Holiday Dessert Bars recipe

Holiday dessert bars are easy to make when you start with a can of Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent rolls.

Using a can of light, buttery and flaky crescent rolls is an easy way to make a flaky crust without all the hassle.

The holiday season can be such a busy time of year for everyone.

Even though I am busy I still want to bake a sweet dessert for my family and friends when we get together to celebrate the holiday season.

Holiday Dessert Recipes with Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

It is so easy to make holiday dessert bar recipes with Pillsbury™ Crescent Rolls. Pillsbury™ Crescent Rolls makes the perfect dessert bars crust.

The buttery and flaky crescent roll dough is the perfect blank canvas for all sorts of fun fillings.

For this recipe, I used dried cranberries, pecan pieces, white chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips and a can of sweetened condensed milk as my dessert bar filling.

This Pillsbury™ Crescent Layer Bars recipe was the inspiration for this easy holiday dessert bar recipe.

Check out some of the other holiday recipes while you're there.

Crescent Roll Dessert Bars

You can make many different kinds of dessert bar recipes when you start with a roll of Pillsbury™ Crescent Rolls and a can of sweetened condensed milk.

This easy dessert bar recipe is very versatile.

You could use any combination of dried fruits, nuts, and chocolate chips to come up with many different flavors of dessert bars.

These Cranberry Pecan Dessert Bars have a tender crust and are filled with the sweet holiday flavor of dried cranberries.

The pecan pieces add a nice crunch that compliments the sweet flavor of white and milk chocolate chips.

The sweetened condensed milk is the glue that holds all the sweet and crunchy filling together.

How To Make Cranberry Pecan Dessert Bars

Ingredients

• 8 oz can Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 ¼ cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• ½ cup milk chocolate chips
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. degrees.
2. Prepare a 9 x 13-inch baking pan by lining it with parchment paper.
3. Carefully unroll the roll of  Pillsbury™ Crescent dinner rolls into the bottom of the baking pan.
4. Use the heal of your hand to push the crescent roll dough into the corners of the pan, sealing the seams as you go and pushing the crescent dough up along the sides to make a low crust.
5. Scatter the dried cranberries, pecan pieces, and chocolate chips over the top of the crescent roll dough.
6. Open and pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over the top of the cranberries, pecans, and chocolate chips.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until the crescent roll edges are golden brown.
8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least an hour to allow the filling to set before cutting into squares. Can be refrigerated overnight before serving.
9. Makes 12 servings.

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