Cape Cod Cranberry Bars Recipes

CAPE COD

Steps:

• Into an old fashioned glass over ice cubes, pour vodka and cranberry juice. Squeeze lime wedge into drink, and then drop the wedge into the drink. Serve.

CAPE COD (VODKA CRANBERRY) COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a highball glass with ice cubes, pour the vodka and cranberry juice.
• Stir well .
• Garnish with a lime wedge. Serve and enjoy.

CAPE COD CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 9 X 13 or 11 X 11 pan.
• For crust, in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, and salt. Add the flavorings, then use your fingers, a pastry blender, or a mixer to cut in the butter, mixing until everything is crumbly. Stir in the nuts. Set aside about 1 1/2 cups of crumbs, then press the remaining crumbs into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake the crust for 15 minutes.
• To make the filling, in a food processor, combine the cranberries, apples, raspberries and sugar and pulse a few times to chop the cranberries. Add the flour and melted butter, pulsing briefly to combine.
• Spread the filling over the crust. Crumble the reserved crust mixture over the filling. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the mixture bubbles and the crumbs on top are golden. Remove from oven and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar and cut into bars.

CRANBERRY COOKIE BARS ~

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Grease a 9 X 13 inch pan.
• In a bowl sift together sifted flour, baking powder and salt. (Yes sift the flour before measuring it)
• In a second bowl , cream butter and both sugars. Add eggs one at a time, beating until fluffy. Add vanilla. (or almond flavoring)
• Blend in dry ingredients. Stir in chopped cranberries and nuts. Spread in greased pan.
• Bake 30 minutes. When cool, cut into bars. Do not overbake ( Mine only took 24 minutes) because of the amount of sugar, cookie dough tends to become hard and stick to the pan if overbaked.

CAPE COD CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Grease a 10-inch pie plate.
• Add cranberries and spread out evenly.
• Top cranberries with 1/2 cup sugar and pecans.
• In a mixing bowl, add the eggs.
• Gradually beat in 1 cup of sugar.
• Add the flour, butter, and shortening, beating until just smooth.
• Pour the batter over the cranberries.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until the top is golden.
• Serve warm with ice cream.