Double Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Squares

These bars live up to the adage that squares are the easiest of all to make. This recipe involves three main ingredients: chocolate, cranberries and pecans. Yum! The result? Rich, sweet and absolutely delicious squares. These seemed to taste better after a day or two in the refrigerator - although, I like to warm mine up in the microwave before eating

Double Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Squares
Adapted from: Rock Recipes

Ingredients

2  1/4 cups graham wafer crumbs
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup dark chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate chips)
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
3/4 cups toasted pecans (toast them on a cookie sheet in a preheated 350°F oven for about 3-5 minutes)
1 1/2 cups roughly chopped dried cranberries

Directions

Preheat oven to 325°F. Line the sides and bottom of a 9 inch square baking pan with parchment paper.

Prepare the graham wafer crumb bottom. Mix together:

2  1/4 cups graham wafer crumbs
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup melted butter

Bake in a 325°F oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes.

For the top layer mix together:

1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

Stir in:

1 cup dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
3/4 cups toasted pecans ( toast them on a cookie sheet in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 3 minutes)
1 1/2 cups roughly chopped dried cranberries

Spread on top of the prepared base and bake at 350°F for about 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares and serving. (Obviously, I couldn't wait that long for them to cool and preferred the squares warmed up in the microwave the following days day).