Cranberry Pecan Bars Recipes

CLASSIC PECAN PIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine 1 3/4 cups flour, butter and sugar in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/3 cup pecans.
• Press crust mixture evenly onto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 18-22 minutes or until edges are very light golden brown.
• Combine brown sugar, 6 tablespoons flour, and salt in large bowl; whisk until mixed. Add corn syrup, eggs and vanilla; mix well. Stir in 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans. Spread evenly over hot, partially baked crust. Bake 30-35 minutes or until filling is set and knife inserted 1-inch from edge comes out clean.
• Cool completely. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Cut into bars.

CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• This is good with a powder sugar glaze or lightly sifted powder sprinkled on top.
• Beat together eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
• Fold in nuts and cranberries.
• Mixture will be cookie-consistency. Spread into prepared 8x8 pan. (If using 9x12, you will need 1.5 times the recipe.).
• Bake@ 350 degrees 40-45 minutes (but start checking after 35).

CRANBERRY PECAN BARS

Steps:

• Place flour, pecans, butter, salt and sugar in a food processor. Process until all ingredients are combined. Mixture will appear dry and lumpy.
• Pour into a 9"x13" baking dish. Press dough down with your hands. Press edges down so all surface area is even.
• Bake in a preheated 350 oven for 10 minutes.
• While the crust is baking, put eggs, sugar, and vanilla into the same food processor bowl (no need to rinse). Process until combined
• Add cranberries. Pulse until cranberries are chopped, but still have some large pieces.
• When crust comes out of oven, pour filling mixture over hot crust.
• Sprinkle pecans over filling.
• Continue baking for an additional 30 minutes.
• Allow bars to completely cool before slicing.

CRANBERRY PECAN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease or spray a large 15-1/2"x20" cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, combine butter, sugars, vanilla, eggs, salt and baking soda.
• Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy.
• Stir in flour, dried cranberries, coconut and pecans with wooden spoon until combined.
• Spread mixture into a greased cookie sheet and pat down firmly.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 25-30 minutes, or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool completely before cutting into bars.

CRANBERRY PECAN BARS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, oats and brown sugar. Stir in butter until blended. Set aside 2/3 cup. Pat remaining mixture onto the bottom of a 9-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray; set aside., In a small saucepan, combine the cranberries, 7 tablespoons cranberry juice, raisins, honey, sugar substitute, cinnamon and cloves. Cook and stir over medium heat for 10-12 minutes or until berries pop. , Combine the cornstarch and remaining cranberry juice until smooth; stir into berry mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. , Pour filling over crust. Sprinkle with pecans and reserved oat mixture. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares. Store in the refrigerator.

CHEWY CRANBERRY PECAN BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1 cup flour and 2 tablespoons sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in 1/3 cup pecans. Press into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until set., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the egg, egg whites, milk, orange zest, vanilla and remaining flour and sugar. Fold in the cranberries, coconut and remaining pecans. Spread over warm crust. Bake 25-30 minutes longer or until top is golden. Cool on a wire rack.

COCONUT-CRANBERRY BARS WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper or grease.
• Mix graham cracker crumbs and butter together in a bowl; press into the prepared baking dish.
• Stir cranberries, sweetened condensed milk, pecans, coconut, white chocolate chips, and bittersweet chocolate chips together in a bowl; gently spread over the graham cracker crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 25 to 28 minutes; cool on a wire rack.

CRANBERRY TURTLE BARS

Steps:

• Make base:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line a 15- by 10-inch shallow baking pan (1 inch deep) with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on the 2 short sides. Butter all 4 sides (but not bottom).
• Blend flour, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor, then add butter and pulse until mixture begins to form small (roughly pea-size) lumps. Sprinkle into baking pan, then press down firmly all over with a metal spatula to form an even layer. Bake in middle of oven until golden and firm to the touch, 15 to 17 minutes, then cool in pan on a rack.
• Make topping:
• Melt butter in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat and stir in sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Boil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until caramel registers 245°F on thermometer, about 8 minutes. Carefully stir in cranberries, then boil until caramel returns to 245°F. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, then stir in pecans until well coated. Working quickly, spread caramel topping over base, using a fork to distribute nuts and berries evenly. Cool completely.
• Cut and decorate bars:
• Lift bars in foil from pan and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 6 crosswise strips, then 6 lengthwise strips to form 36 bars.
• Melt half of chocolate in top of a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove bowl from heat and add remaining chocolate, stirring until smooth. Transfer chocolate to a small heavy-duty sealable plastic bag. Seal bag and snip off a tiny piece of 1 corner to form a small hole, then pipe chocolate decoratively over bars. Let stand at room temperature until chocolate sets, about 1 hour.