Cranberry Crumb Bars

 Celebrate the season with cranberry bars! They're super easy to make and can be cut into mini squares, just right for a dessert tray.



Ingredients

Crust and Topping

  • 2 1/2
    cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1
    cup sugar
  • 1/2
    cup ground slivered almonds
  • 1
    teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4
    teaspoon salt
  • 1
    cup cold butter
  • 1
    egg
  • 1/4
    teaspoon ground cinnamon

Filling

  • 4
    cups fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 1
    cup sugar
  • Juice of 1/2 orange (4 teaspoons)
  • 1
    tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1
    teaspoon vanilla

Steps

1 Heat oven to 375°F. Grease 13x9-inch pan with butter or cooking spray.

2 In large bowl, mix flour, 1 cup sugar, the almonds, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Stir in egg. Press 2 1/2 cups of crumb mixture in bottom of pan. Stir cinnamon into remaining crumb mixture; set aside.

3 In medium bowl, stir all filling ingredients. Spoon evenly over crust. Spoon reserved crumb mixture evenly over filling.

4 Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until top is light golden brown. Cool completely. Refrigerate until chilled. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store tightly covered in refrigerator.

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