Festive Jewel Nut Bars Recipes

JEWEL NUT BARS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar;cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Press into a lightly greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, beat egg. Add salt and remaining brown sugar.
• Stir in nuts, cherries and chocolate chips.
• Spoon evenly over crust.
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
• Cut into bars.

FESTIVE JEWEL NUT BARS

Steps:

• 1. In a bowl, combine flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press into a lightly greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.
• 2. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• 3. While bottom layer is baking - make cream cheese layer by mixing the following in a small bowl:.
• 4. 1 regular package of philadelphia cream cheese (not the small size).
• 5. 1/3 cup of white granulated sugar.
• 6. 1 egg.
• 7. 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 8. Mix cream cheese layer with electric mixer for 2-3 minutes until smooth. Spread on crumb layer and then continue with recipe below.
• 9. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, beat egg. Add salt and remaining brown sugar.
• 10. Stir in the nuts, cherries and chocolate chips.
• 11. Spoon evenly over crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 30-40 minutes, depending on your oven. Be careful not to over cook these.
• 12. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Yield 2 dozen.
• The original recipe does not call for a layer of cream cheese. I modified the recipe to suit my taste after I made it the first time without the cream cheese layer. I felt it was too dry and needed additional texture that the cream cheese layer adds nicely.

CHERRY NUT JEWEL BARS

Steps:

• Combine flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar.
• Cut butter into mixture until it resembles course crumbs.
• Press into uingreaded 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• Bake at 350 for 5 minute.
• Beat eggs slightly in large bowl.
• Stir in 2/3 cup brown sugar and salt.
• Add nuts, cherries and chippits.
• Toss to coat.
• Spoon fruit mixture over baked layer.
• Bake another 20 minutes.

CHERRY JEWEL BARS

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees.
• COMBINE flour with 1/3 cup brown sugar. Cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press mixture evenly and firmly onto bottom of ungreased 15 x 10 jelly roll pan or large baking tin. Bake for 15 minutes.
• MEANWHILE, beat egg slightly in large bowl. Stir in remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar and salt. Add nuts cherries and chocolate chips. Toss mixture evenly to coat.
• SPOON this mixture evenly over the baked layer. Press down firmly to adhere layers.
• BAKE an additional 20 minutes.
• COOL and cut into 1 1/2 by 2 inch bars. Do NOT let this cool too much or you will never get them out of the pan in nice pieces.